The educator, activist, and leader in the HIV community for over 33 years. Her start in HIV was as a women’s health advocate shortly after her HIV diagnosis in 1990 at Johns Hopkins. Since that time, she has denounced stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS.
In 2012, Linda co-founded Ribbon: The Center of Excellence. a national nonprofit and leading provider of skill-building training, technical assistance, sustainable organizational development, and leadership development services. Ribbon serves as the National Organizing Center (ROC) for Gilead’s HIV Age Positively Initiative. ROC provides comprehensive technical assistance to twenty-four partner organizations to strengthen their capacity to respond to the changing social and healthcare needs of an aging HIV population.
Her accomplishments are many, as she stands to be a Positive Voice in the HIV community. Her favorites are being a mother and wife, 2010, an Honorable Mention by President Barack Obama. 2012 a plenary speaker at the International AIDS Conference.
Simply stated, Linda has committed a portion of her life to ensuring the health and rights of persons living with and vulnerable to HIV are high priorities to policymakers, systems of care, research communities, and the communities in which these individuals live and play.
