A PERSONAL LEADERSHIP

PLAN FROM 2015 TO 2018

Orientation for 2018 Community Solutions
Program (CSP) Fellows

Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga

Bolivia, CSP Fellow 2015
@RossQuiroga
Washington, August 1st, 2018
Who am I?

 SocialAnthropologist
 1998 – Survived rape
 2000 – HIV+ Test

 2002 - 52 people with HIV took

Bolivian Government to Human
Rights court
 2004- Won access to treatment
 2018- Only 7 alive today
 MY VISION

A world where HIV/AIDS is a disease of

the past

 A community that responded to

HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination

A world free of gender based violence

 2015 PLP Short Term Goals
Achievement

Planned in 2015 PLP

 Improve health
 Health improving (medical checks prove this)

 Achieve financial independence  Personal Business in development

 Integration of gender and HIV  International Community of Women with HIV

(ICW) opened Chapter in Bolivia. Training of 9
women with HIV

 Expanded advocacy priorities to Universal Health

Coverage and Human Rights
 My PLP in 2018
Make network of people living with HIV in Bolivia self
sustainable
Focus on vulnerable children

Travel and have more fun

Stay safe and healthy

“PAST is a lesson, FUTURE is an

opportunity, but PRESENT is a
gift. Live each day to the fullest”

DREAM, PLAN, DO