It's December 1st, World AIDS Day... and this year is like no other for me. I am still speaking out about this disease, but now I am collaborating with some wonderful people who are on the forefront of it all. One such person is the beautiful Hydeia Broadbent. When you take a look at that innocent face, with the cheeks that make you think, "Haven't I seen you somewhere before?" You have. Somewhere on television, like Oprah Winfrey, Phil Donahue (maybe not, but I have, ya'll know I'm old), and Extreme Home Makeovers. She was the little girl we got introduced to because she was adopted after being left at an hospital, she was not only abandoned, but her mother passed HIV on to her. She received a grim diagnosis early on, when the doctor told her adoptive parents that she would not live beyond 5 years old. But look at how God works...this is Hydeia now...
Amazing is only one word, wise, intelligent, resourceful, a fighter, and committed! I know because I speak with her, and she never ceases to amaze me with her spirit. Not only is she an International Speaker, whisking off at a whim to speak to whomever will listen about HIV/AIDS, but she is a community activist right here in the Las Vegas, NV community. Hydeia is on the board of Purple W.I.N.G.S Org., as the reproductive health facilitator. Her mission is to raise awareness, help us defeat this teen pregnancy issue, by instilling self-esteem where there once was little to none. Please read on what she shared with WEENONLINE.org....
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