About me

I am a gay man, a person living with HIV, a lawyer, an artist, a baker, a cyclist, a writer, a storyteller, a hopeless romantic, and an occasional lover of life’s softer moments. These identities do not compete with one another. They form the whole of who I am and how I move through the world.

Since 2013, I have been engaged in regional HIV advocacy across Asia and the Pacific. My work is not separate from my life. It is one of the ways I experience purpose, connection, and dignity. Understanding how deeply employment shapes the lives of people living with HIV has strengthened my commitment to ensuring that socio‑economic wellbeing is recognized as a core component of our quality of life. This is not an abstract principle for me but a lived reality.

While technical knowledge, legal training, and scientific evidence guide my professional practice, it is my personal and lived experience that remains my compass. It informs how I listen, how I lead, and how I advocate for systems that honor the humanity of our communities. My work is grounded in the belief that people living with HIV deserve not only health, but opportunity, security, and the freedom to define our own futures.

My Story

Living with HIV brought me into a community whose strength, honesty, and collective wisdom continue to guide my work. It is a community that taught me what resilience looks like in practice. Resilience is not as a slogan. It is a daily commitment to dignity, care, and solidarity. These experiences shaped not only who I am as a person, but also the professional I have become.

First Steps

In the early years, I searched for self‑acceptance as if it were something I could reach by effort alone. The journey was long and uneven. I moved through fear, confusion, and emotional exhaustion, often pausing simply to gather myself. Those pauses were uncomfortable, but they became moments of clarity. Over time, I learned that acceptance is not a destination. It is a way of being with yourself, especially when the path is uncertain.

This understanding became the foundation of my professional identity. It taught me to approach people, systems, and communities with patience, humility, and a deep respect for lived experience.

Showing Up

After my diagnosis, I spent years questioning my purpose and my place in the world. Those questions were heavy, but they opened a path toward intention. Today, I know that I am here to live fully, to create meaning, and to shape my own narrative that is connected with others.

This clarity informs how I show up in my work. I am committed to building spaces where PLHIV leadership is visible, valued, and centered. I believe in the power of community‑led solutions, and I work to ensure that our voices influence the policies, programs, and systems that affect our lives.

Creating for Community

Professionally, I aim create opportunities for PLHIVs to lead. I design and support processes that translate lived experience into strategy, advocacy, and action. My work spans HIV programming, community engagement, leadership development, and rights‑based approaches to health and well‑being.

I specialize in making complex ideas accessible and turning technical guidance into tools that communities can use, shaping convenings that foster collaboration, and building frameworks that strengthen collective power.

My HIV status does not limit my capacity. It deepens my purpose. It grounds my commitment to equity, dignity, and meaningful participation.

Moving with Intention

I am a person with skills, aspirations and clear sense of direction. I am capable, growing, and dedicated to contributing to a world where people living with HIV can lead, thrive, and define their own futures