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HIV/AIDS Real Life Story - Breaking the Code of Silence

The Modesto Bee, May 8, 2005

By Joel Hood, Bee Staff Writer

One Woman Shares Her Story
In a small, two-bedroom home on a quiet street in Modesto, Maria is trying to find her voice.

Colorful, unscented candles flicker in the hallway. Framed pictures of Jesus hang on the walls, beside those of her children.

Abuse has shaped her life. Rape. Beatings. Deception by those she loved and trusted.

This is baggage Maria carries every day — along with a secret.

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