Rickeena Free is a 15-year-old girl who contracted HIV perinatally from her mother. Rickeena maintains a positive, yet pragmatic, attitude about her infection as she and her mother educate others about HIV prevention and living with HIV.

David Waller contracted HIV/AIDS through injection drug use. This mode of transmission accounts for the majority of new HIV/AIDS cases in Baltimore. David served 20 years in prison for crimes related to his drug use. Now drug free, he has started a new life with a supportive family.

Kimberly Smolen learned she was HIV-positive when she donated blood following a successful run in the New York City marathon. She traces her infection back to a college boyfriend. Kimberly turned her life around after a self-destructive period that included drug addiction and homelessness.

Keith Barmer struggled to accept his HIV-positive status after his uncle raped him as a teenager. His life spiraled downward with drug Addiction and other risky behaviors. Now openly gay, Keith views his HIV status as an opportunity to help others either prevent HIV or live with HIV in a positive manner.

Charles Stuart specializes in producing documentaries and is president of Stuart Television Productions, which was incorporated in June of 1987.

Recipient of six national Emmy awards, two Duponts, and various other national awards for producing, investigative reporting, and writing, Stuart has more than 25 years' experience in television and filmmaking.

His past experience consists of both public and commercial broadcasting, all at the network level. Stuart led an investigative unit during his eight years at ABC working with Peter Jennings. At WGBH in Boston, he specialized in producing, directing, and writing documentaries.

Stuart Productions has provided more than 50 hours of documentary programming to all major networks, including Frontline for PBS, co-productions with ABC, stories for 60 Minutes II on CBS, and documentaries for Home Box Office, the Discovery Channel, Arts & Entertainment, The Learning Channel, Lifetime, CNN, NBC, and National Geographic.