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Published on September 27, 2018 03:22PM EDT. With dozens of her friends dying by suicide and from complications brought on by HIV and AIDS, Maria Mejia is hoping to inspire others with the...
Maria has been living with HIV for more than thirty years and is an ambassador for National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a blogger, an HIV advocat...
She has emerged as an outspoken HIV advocate and activist as an important voice in the global fight for HIV education, testing, treatment, and prevention and against HIV stigma.
Everyone's body is different -- and blogger Maria Mejia's particular body didn't do well on a certain HIV medication. Read about how she educated herself about her meds and talked to her...
Sexual molestation as a child, an abusive father, the foster care system, violent street gangs, an HIV diagnosis as a teenager. “Anything you can think of that’s bad, I’ve been through it,” says Latina HIV advocate Maria Mejia in an episode of The Cure Chronicles.
Maria Mejia speaking to members of Congress I never intended to become an activist, but that’s where I landed. These days, I help pass legislation for the HIV community.
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — As she’s done hundreds of times, Maria Mejia stepped up to the podium, scanned the audience, took a deep breath and shared her story. At 18, she learned she was HIV positive. By 28, she had AIDS.