hadia Broadbent longtime activist Who
Rose to fame for being a child living
with HIV AIDS has died at age
39 on Wednesday her father Lauren
Broadbent announced her death on
Facebook with great sadness I must
inform you all that our beloved friend
mentor and daughter hadia passed away
today after living with aidon birth he
wrote alongside a photo of her despite
facing numerous challenges throughout
her life hadia remained determined to
spread hope and positivity through
education around HIV AIDS broadband's
activism began at a young age she was
abandoned as an infant at the University
Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las
Vegas where she was later adopted she
was diagnosed as HIV positive at 3 years
old with advancement to AIDS although it
was presumed she had the illness since
birth doctors told broadband's parents
that she would not live past age five as
a child Broadbent appeared on a 1992
Nickelodeon special about HIV AIDS with
Magic Johnson shortly after the
basketball star shared his own HIV
diagnosis with the world she also told
her story on numerous television
programs including Oprah 2020 and Good
Morning America hadia changed the world
with her bravery speaking about how
living with HIV affected her life since
birth Johnson wrote in a tribute on X
formerly known as Twitter she dedicated
her life to activism and became a change
agent in the HIV aids fight by speaking
out at such a young age she helped so
many people young and old because she
wasn't afraid to share her story and
allowed everyone to see that those
living with HIV and AIDS were everyday
people and should be treated with
respect thanks to hadia m I were
educated stigmas were broken and
attitudes about HIV AIDS were changed we
will miss her powerful voice in this
world Cookie and I are praying for the
Broadband family and everyone that knew
and loved hadia Johnson added I am the
future and I have AIDS I can do anything
I put my mind to the activist declared
at 12 years old while reciting a poem at
the Republican National Convention in
1996 I am the next Doctor I am the next
lawyer I am the next Maya Angelo I might
even be the first woman president you
can't Crush my dream I am the future and
I have AIDS hadia Broadbent Robin L
Marshall Getty over the years Broadband
dedicated herself to educating those
living with HIV AIDS about abstinence
safe sex practices and raising awareness
for prevention she said her mission was
simply to inform and create dialogue
around HIV AIDS in our homes communities
educational institutions and churches
people think because I was born with HIV
my story does not apply to them she
wrote on her website well this same
disease I am living with is the same
disease you can get if you are aware and
informed I use my testimony as a warning
of what you don't want to go through