#WorldAIDSDay

Many say that I may be too young to know about the effects and the impact of HIV/AIDS had on the world in the 1980’s. Never assume such a thing, from a young age from my parents, my mother mostly, were able to explain things to me so that I would understand them and feel educated about topics such as sex, STD’s. Though I didn’t know people with the HIV/AIDS at the time, it was one of the causes that I was compelled to be more educated on more than anything because it continued to be an epidemic.

It really struck home for some when celebrities started falling to their deaths because or retiring because they had contracted the virus or had AIDS. My mother was great about explaining things like this to me. Once I was old enough, I volunteered at the local American Red Cross where my…