Olivia
G.
Ford
Olivia G. Ford (she/her; they/their) has been engaged with HIV-related media since 2007. She is the editorial director for The Well Project, an online information, support, and advocacy resource serving a global audience of women living with HIV. She has previously held leadership positions with Positive Women's Network - USA and at TheBody/TheBodyPRO; and consulted with organizations such as Echoing Ida, HIV Justice Network, InPartnership, and the Sero Project.
Olivia graduated from Princeton University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, and received an MFA in writing & consciousness from the New College of California in 2007. She also trained as a doula for the first time in 2004 and serves as a perinatal health advocate with Birthmark Doula Collective, a birth justice organization supporting pregnant and parenting people and their families in the New Orleans, Louisiana area.
Her writing has appeared in Black AIDS Weekly, Positively Aware, POZ, Rewire, and TheBody/TheBodyPro, among other outlets.
Olivia is also a founding member of the HIV Racial Justice Now Coalition (HRJN) and current co-chair of HRJN’s steering committee.
Olivia and her wife now live in Olivia’s hometown of Brooklyn with their daughter, Orian (pronounced like “Dorian” without the “D”).
