Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.
This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.
Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.
I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.
How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?
I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.