HIV/AIDS - a malady that affects the home, business, even our leisure
time.  It's in people's conversations every day.  Many people are touched
by it on a personal basis but they do not want to talk about it every day.

They want to hide from it, sometimes with the hope that it will just go
away.   HIV does not go away and it becomes a more prevalent part of a
person's life with each passing day.  People need to talk.  Frances has
worked with and continues to work with those infected with the disease as
well as their family members.   She has seen firsthand the changes in
their lives and she has listened as people have cried and sometimes
finally learned to laugh and live with this modern-day scourge. 

Her compassion, empathy, and knowledge give her the ability to be one of those
who helps others to live positively with this disease.  Frances can help
those infected with the disease reveal their status to their loved ones
and she can help the all of those involved  live instead of exist.