Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.

Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.

I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.

I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.

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.

The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.

People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.