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Name: Unknown
Birth Date: 1958
HIV Diagnosis: Unknown
I wish I could just take this garden tool and take out all of this disease from my body. I am so tired of taking
medicine and doing various laboratory tests. However, by God's grace he has kept me alive for 13 years with this
disease. I know He and angels are watching over me.
African American - Houston, TX
ID: ST-TXZ-UN-0278
Name: Beverly
Birth Date: 1950
Title: Unknown
HIV Diagnosis: Unknown
I am cleaning up my life, taking charge, calling my kids and going back to school so that I can have my kids back
with me. Flying like a butterfly on the winds of live with God's help.
African American - Houston, TX
ID: ST-TXZ-BE-0279
Name: Patricia Clarence
Birth year: August 8, 1947
Title: Why Me?
HIV Diagnosis: Unknown
When I learned of the HIV disease, I was sad, unhappy, and kept asking "why me?" But I have learned that Life
does go on. With the support of my family and my faith in God, I am able to go through life now with Hope of
someday saying, "I am not sick."
African American - Houston, TX
ID: ST-TXZ-PA-0280
Name: Unknown
Age: 40
Title: All American Dred
HIV Diagnosis: December 1991
My doll refuses to lose herself to the affects of HIV disease. She is an individual in her own right and won’t be
stopped by anyone. HIV disease has impacted so many lives in the U.S. and abroad…We have to empower
ourselves and find our own strength to beat it.
ID: ST-TXZ-UN-0281
Name: Unknown
Age: 58
Title: Good Gracious
HIV Diagnosis: 1993
Good Gracious is the name my grandparents, Floyd and Ella, gave me as a child. It is only God’s good grace.
Diagnosed in 1993, I am positive getting tested early on has allowed me to develop into a living doll.
ID: ST-TXZ-UN-0282
Name: Unknown
Age: 44
Title: Blue HIV
HIV Diagnosis: August 4, 2009
HIV has made me a strong woman – made me more aware of how many Latinas are really infected – how many
people are walking around infected. But one simple blood test can save you – like it did for me. Thank God. For
that simple HIV test will save your life.
ID: ST-TXZ-UN-0283
Name Unknown
Age: 35
Title: Candy
HIV Diagnosis: June 2009
When I was diagnosed with HIV I didn’t think it affected me.
ID: ST-TXZ-UN-0284
Name Unknown
Age: 37
Title Carpe Diem Diva
HIV Diagnosis: December 1995
If my doll could talk about me and my experience she would use many different adjectives to describe my journey
through this disease. First and foremost, I thank HIV for teaching me strength and resilience. I have learned along
the way that you have to be true to yourself and never let a moment go by that you have not seized. A am an
achiever, a nurturer, a mother, a sister, a daughter, and educator and a scholar. I am alive and celebrate the fact
that God has blessed me with my children. This was the signal that let me know that HIV was a “life” sentence not
a “death” sentence. Make the most of your life and let your legacy be something you can be proud of. I have a
sign in my classroom that says “Time, the one thing you cannot recycle.” I use this to motivate me and remind
myself that I must seize the day, “Carpe Diem,” for it will come no more. Make the most out of life, for it is truly a
gift.
ID: ST-TXZ-UN-0285
Name Unknown
Age: 36
Title: Ever the Lady
HIV Diagnosis: 1992
Always remember you’re still a lady. You have to put yourself first, learn to nurture your spirit, find peace and
strength, and most of all, LOVE YOU!!!
ID: ST-TXZ-UN-0286
TEXAS
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