Zora Voyce is a New York City-based HIV Prevention Specialist, campaign creator, and speaker. Born with HIV and raised in an environment where mistreatment and gaslighting were normalized, she speaks from deep lived experience. Zora has worked with Commun

I’m Zora Voyce. I was born with HIV and raised in New York City. I found out my status when I was 9 years old and was told not to tell anyone because “people can be mean.” That was the beginning of a silence I carried for years. I grew up in a household where mistreatment was normalized. I was gaslighted by the people who were supposed to protect me, and for a long time, I didn’t realize I was being mistreated because it felt so familiar.

Those early experiences shaped how I viewed myself, love, health, and safety. I had to unlearn what I thought was normal. I had to reconnect with my own voice—my own truth. That’s why I call myself Zora Voyce. I chose to speak after being raised in silence.

In 2016, I began doing peer education outreach at Bellevue Hospital’s Pediatrics Clinic. From there, I became a spokesmodel for HIV Stops With Me, sharing my life as someone born with HIV to help others feel less alone. I’ve worked at Community Healthcare Network as both a Peer Educator and now as an HIV Prevention Specialist, doing HIV testing, providing counseling, documenting results, and helping people get enrolled in ADAP. I’ve updated records using ECW and AIRS, and collaborated with organizations to expand care and access.

Outside of the clinic, I’ve partnered with national platforms like The Well Project, H-I-V.net, and Plus Life Media, where I’ve written and spoken about HIV, mental health, dating, sex, and identity. I’ve also supported others as an HIV dating coach, helping people feel more confident navigating relationships and disclosure.

In 2024, I created the campaign We Immune to This Sh*t to challenge the way HIV is still discussed in public. This campaign is about:

Reframing HIV as an immune system condition, not just an STI

Centering people born with HIV who are rarely represented

Ending shame-based language around health, sex, and diagnosis

Calling for policy shaped by people who’ve lived it

Opening space for truth without fear


This isn’t about being inspiring. It’s about being honest.

My long-term goal is to move into political work. I know what it’s like to be directly impacted by systems that weren’t made for us. And I believe the people who’ve lived through it should have a say in changing it. I’m not here to perform. I’m here to help build what’s been missing.