The HIV Advocate Fighting for Forgotten Voices | Derek "D-REK" Canas
What happens when you're part of an epidemic but invisible in the conversation? This week, Kim sits down with Derek "D-Rex" Canas, a 40-year-long-term survivor whose story begins with infant heart surgery and a blood transfusion that would change everything. Diagnosed with HIV at just 16, Derek discovered something…
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