Jorian Rivera-Veintidos
A born and raised Philadelphia Latin native, having been raised in every part of this strong city, with special roots in North Philadelphia. Growing up weekends were filled with music, fresh cafe bustelo, and fabuloso, and Saturday cartoons. Jorian grew up in a household of strong and disciplined individuals. Spending the majority of his time studying and reaching black belt status in martial arts and their education. Jorian’s journey with Galaei began in 2016, while in tandem serving as the Youth Ambassador for National Youth HIV/AIDs Awareness Day, and receiving the Dale L Grundy Award for Youth Leadership; and is now the Prevention and Education Manager. Jorian has presented and organized at conferences across the United States, including, USCHA, Ryan White, ViiV Healthcare Youth Summit, Youth Organizing, and Latin Institute. They also attended Advocated For Youth, Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit, National HIV, and AIDS Watch.
From 2018 to 2020 they have served as the Ambassador for ViiV Healthcare Youth Summit and in 2019 served as the NMAC Gay Men of Color Fellowship in Biomedical HIV Prevention in confronting the issues around race and HIV in at-risk communities. 2021 and 2022, served as the junior and main facilitator for ViiV Healthcare Youth Summit. Lastly, they served on the Youth Advisory Board with Positive Action for Youth in 2023 to “make meaning,” identify key learnings, and provide action-oriented implications to inspire and inform organizations and funders to do the re-orienting necessary to find our own north star, as allies and co-creators with young people.
Jorian has been a member of the Black and Latinx Community Control collective since 2018 envisioning we are rooted in belief that we are the best experts in the matter of HIV prevention and care by the virtue of our lived experience navigating the HIV service system as a matter of our own survival. Learning that our own experience has taught us that dismantling systemic and institutional racism, discrimination, and bias is a critical component to ensure effective healthcare for our communitiesJorian is committed to building and debunking the myths and stereotypes around HIV especially around Queer and Trans Black and Latin Excellence. They are proud dog-parent, loves video games, anime, building their home library, and creating positive change to the cultural landscape of Philadelphia.
jveintidos@galaeiqtbipoc.org