At 50, Asha Molock was enjoying a successful career as an educator in the School District of Philadelphia and had found love again. Life was flowing the way it should until a medical diagnosis shook her to her core. She was HIV-positive.
She is now an HIV/AIDS advocate and has authored two books: Gaining Strength from Weakness: 101 Positive Thoughts for HIV-positive People and The Underground Woman: From Prisoner to Freedom. She is a member of the Positive Women’s Network, and the Quality Improvement Committee at Bebashi Transition to Hope, an AIDS Service Organization based in Philadelphia.
She has been featured in numerous media outlets, including Philadelphia Daily News, POZ, A&U, and Positively Aware Magazines, KYW Channel 3 News, Talk Fuzion TV, WPEB community radio, the Black AIDS Weekly, TheBody.com and The Westside Gazette.
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