About

Alicia Diggs is a native of Philadelphia PA but resides in North Carolina. Alicia has a bachelor’s degree in Social Work, a Master’s degree in Public Health is currently working on a PhD in Public Health with a focus in Advocacy and Leadership. Alicia became an HIV/AIDS Activist, Educator, and Speaker in 2004. She has spoken for various organizations who provide services for persons living with HIV in North Carolina such as Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency, Guilford County Health Department, and Triad Health Project. She is a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, a member of REPRIEVE Community Advisory Board and Publications Committee, the Wake Forest Baptist Health ANCHOR Study Community Advisory Board, the HIV Prevention Community Advisory Council (HPCAP), the National Community Advisory Board (NCAB) for the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), a former board member of North Carolina Aids Action Network (NCAAN), and the North Carolina State Lead for the Positive Women’s Network-USA. Alicia also became a published author July of 2017 of an autobiography entitled ‘Standing On My Healing: From Tainted To Chosen.