I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.
Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.
On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.
The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.
Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.
I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.