Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.
Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.
This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.
Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.
I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.
I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.