"HOW CAN YOU BE SURE YOUR NOT HIV POSITIVE"

Growing up in the small city of Claymont, Delaware, Lolisa Gibson-Hunte enjoyed attending church, writing poetry, and a somewhat normal childhood. Early on, she became interested in child welfare and hoped to become a social worker or an advocate for causes related to child welfare. At this point in her life, she as oblivious to the fact life had another plan for her. At the tender age of 17 Lolisa became ill and soon found out that she was HIV positive. Lolisa embraced this news as she had embraced so many other things that most people might have seen as unbearable obstacles. She decided to control her own destiny by taking the initiative to fully educate herself about this virus that she previously knew nothing about.