Nancy Ramos had been HIV positive for 15 years when I went to photograph her in 2007. The recovered alcoholic is a mother of two; both her children are HIV negative. She lives in Whittier, California with her son, Ray.

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Ray, Nancy, and a friend look at photos and words about her struggle with HIV. The Living With HIV gallery was displayed online and at Glorya Kaufman Hall at UCLA.