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Michelle Maykin, has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), which is a cancer of the blood. She is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant. Michelle is 26 years old — she is an incredible human being and friend. Michelle was first diagnosed in February 2007. [...]
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My Mother vs. Me
My mother wasn’t as exactly enthused or encouraging as I would have liked her to be. She actually used the word “embarrassing,” seemingly speaking on behalf of the family — but on some level I rationalize her initial “frustration” was a knee-jerk reflex, but it does nothing to assuage my mounting guilt.
I signed up to [...]
Life is What You Make of It
A choice lay before me. I could surrender to AIDS, or I could defy the insurmountable odds and fight for the life I deserved. Whether I had five years or fifty years no longer mattered. I would squeeze every ounce of life out of whatever lot fate had in store for me.
Survival of the Foolish and What I’ve Learned
People living with HIV can build long, thriving, and productive lives. And in doing so, we undermine the notion of HIV as some fearsome pestilence and instead promote an empowering vision of hope.
Study Reveals Health Care Woes of Asian Americans
National health care studies often treat Asian Americans as a homogenous, and largely healthy group, but a new study analyzing three years of government-compiled data has revealed substantial pockets of poor health and low insurance levels within the population. Korean Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders clock in with lower levels of insurance than African [...]
Hey Asian America, What’s Goin’ On?
I serve as advocacy co-chair of NAASCon and encourage all of you and your friends to submit personal stories and testimonials on your experiences on being Asian American. We are trying to reorient the meaning of “activism,” which does not necessarily require one to participate in vocal protests. Activism ranges from challenging preconceived notions of [...]
Burning Bridges
When we come to those hard decisions, especially about our status, we have to pull strength from ourselves. When we have our bad days and are feeling abandoned or isolated, we have to somehow realize that we are never alone. How do we convince ourselves of all this? Psh, I’m still trying to figure that [...]
Close to Home
This was a story I originally posted on my personal blog, but I thought it would reach a greater audience here…
A little background with the story, the friend I was referring to below was none other than William, fellow site administrator. After he came and told me he was HIV+, it encouraged me to start [...]
Then and Now
I feel a lifetime has transpired since I first found out that I was HIV-positive July 2007. Although it is largely blur between now and the, I can still remember our first meeting quite well. We were sitting in a small, stuffy windowless room. He cleared his throat several times as he tried making small [...]
Our first press coverage!
The Pacific Citizen, an award winning Asian Pacific American newspaper, published an article describing the HIV Youth Project’s origins.
Read the article online here: Pacific Citizen