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...least that's what patients like Cristina Pena hope for. Now a 22-year-old college student in Los Angeles, Pena was infected at birth by her mother, who was unaware that Pena's father, now deceased, had transmitted the virus to her before she became pregnant. Pena knows nothing but living with HIV, although she didn't always know what HIV was. When Pena was young, her mother told her that the medications she took every day were for ear infections, and, Pena says, "you believe your parents." When she was nine, she finally asked her mother about...
...feel sick most of the time - I had nausea and diarrhea. The medicine gave me a bitter, bitter, bitter taste that would come back up in my throat hours later in school. If I could get away with not taking them, I would." Knowing the truth also meant that Pena began living a double life. Only her closest friends knew her diagnosis; most of her classmates were unaware of the daily battle she fought with HIV. "I was worried if I was going to graduate," she confesses. "if I was going to make it to prom - everything...
...making them work at Harvard. “We need to evaluate our position, evaluate the power we have, and think about we can do,” said Jamila R. Martin ’07. “Especially since we are at Harvard.” Gabriela Pena ’08 praised Harvard’s treatment of undocumented students. “I know a lot of undocumented students,” she said. “Harvard is actually really helpful with financial aid and stuff.” Students were particularly vocal...
Against All Enemies will get its juice from the spectacle of stratospheric double-dealing; there's more backstabbing than in Hamlet. World Trade Center promises to be a hymn to the courage and perseverance of Sergeant John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Officer Will Jimeno (Michael Pena). Jimeno was trapped in an elevator shaft for 15 hours, McLoughlin interred in rubble a few feet below Jimeno for 23 hours...
...plans to use its “comparative advantage” at Harvard by raising awareness and encouraging consumption of fair trade products. “It’s so worthless just to raise funds and send things to Africa,” said HIDO Vice President Gabriela Pena ’08, who organized the fair. “We have to capitalize on the skills we have and what we can do here.” The IMPACT planners hope to ride a wave of support from the summit into a highly productive semester for HIDO?...