David Robertson–Adolescent & Young Adult Empowerment Speaker & Sex Education Specialist

David Robertson, adolescent and young adult empowerment speaker, will share his story of depression, H.I.V. and triumph this Feb 8th. 2007 was a life changing year for him when he was diagnosed with H.I.V. that summer. Struggling with depression and seeing others in despair encouraged him to find positive outlets volunteering with sick youth and mentoring at-risk teens. He began Helping Other People Evolve (H.O.P.E)., which later became Honesty Opens Peoples Ears. He aims to educate not only his peers but the next generation of youth who have been largely educated by mass communication and have no real preventative information on protecting themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, infections and H.I.V. Sponsored by BACO.