My interest in HIV work stems from my own losses of friends and loved ones to this disease. Although my work is largely administrative and technical and seldom programmatic, this is still for me a labor of passion and love. I may not be able to counsel or heal, but I bring my own mix of business, legal and research skills to this fight against HIV and AIDS.

I think that APEB has a great future. We are committed to increasing the number and richness of services that we bring to our clients. We expect to continue to expand in both services and geographical reach over the next few years-despite the continued economic difficulties. We have begun a fairly aggressive community-based research program so that we can help to discover better solutions to the challenges posed by HIV and AIDS. And though my Board of Directors does not yet agree, I anticipate that APEB will have a growing international presence over the next five year! It's my job to make all these expectations come to fruition!

As the Director of Client Services my primary goal is to insure that our clients receive needed support in an authentic, respectful, and friendly manner. Our teams strives to promote health and wellness among our clients and ourselves. We want to meet our clients where they are, and work with them to provide support and promote holistic well- being in every area of their lives. We strive to help each of our clients understand that an HIV or AIDS diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of a new way of living that can be even more rich and fulfilling than before their diagnosis.

What I've lost to HIV will never be recovered. My father died of AIDS related pneumonia when I was 12 years old. Since I came out at 19 years old I've met many brilliant, talented and amazing gay and bisexual friends that I've since lost. As a Black Gay writer and poet I mourn the loss of an entire generation of the Black Gay Literary tradition. I believe that we can beat this thing and I'm in this fight until we do!!!