Stop HIV/AIDS in its Tracks with Education

"I thought I'd be dead by now," said the 29-year-old single mother of three. "I didn't see me coming out of this." "I had all kinds of pain inside of me," Flucas said. "People were treating me different, and then I was just like, 'Maybe if I educate them, I'll help myself in the process.'

The University of Texas Medical Branch recently hosted the third annual observance of National Black AIDS Awareness Day. Flucas was one of the speakers in the program that focused on the escalating numbers of HIV/AIDS, especially amongst black females aged between 14 and 24. Flucas during the meet, mixed with young people, and held frank debates about safe sex and the dangers of unhealthy behavior, that could put them at risk for HIV/AIDS.