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[[Image:Pedrozamora1993.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Pedro Zamora (left) with Alonso R. del Portillo in 1993]] |
[[Image:Pedrozamora1993.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Pedro Zamora (left) with Alonso R. del Portillo in 1993]] |
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In late 1989, in his junior year of high school, 17-year-old Zamora donated blood during a [[Red Cross]] [[blood donation|blood drive]]. A month later, he received a letter from the Red Cross informing him that his blood tested "reactive", though it did not specify for what. Zamora decided to be tested for [[HIV]], and on November 9, 1989, the results confirmed he was HIV-positive.<ref name=People11.28.94/><ref name=PedroAndMe45-46/><ref name=SunSentinel>Greenbaum, Kurt (February 5, 1992). [http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-02-05/news/9201060923_1_aids-virus-zamora-school-students "One Of Their Own, Teen-ager with AIDS Virus Cautions Students"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113031836/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-02-05/news/9201060923_1_aids-virus-zamora-school-students |date=January 13, 2015 }}. ''[[Sun-Sentinel]]''. p. 1B</ref> |
In late 1989, in his junior year of high school, 17-year-old Zamora donated blood during a [[Red Cross]] [[blood donation|blood drive]]. A month later, he received a letter from the Red Cross informing him that his blood tested "reactive", though it did not specify for what. Zamora decided to be tested for [[HIV]], and on November 9, 1989, the results confirmed he was HIV-positive.<ref name=People11.28.94/><ref name=PedroAndMe45-46/><ref name=SunSentinel>Greenbaum, Kurt (February 5, 1992). [http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-02-05/news/9201060923_1_aids-virus-zamora-school-students "One Of Their Own, Teen-ager with AIDS Virus Cautions Students"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113031836/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-02-05/news/9201060923_1_aids-virus-zamora-school-students |date=January 13, 2015 }}. ''[[Sun-Sentinel]]''. p. 1B</ref> |
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[[Image:PedroZamora1993.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Zamora in 1993]] |
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His family was devastated but remained supportive. Zamora's goal was to graduate from high school before he died, and he did so in 1990.<ref name=Winick49-56>Winick (2000). pp. 49-56.</ref><ref name=Episode8>{{cite episode |title=Together and Apart |series=The Real World: San Francisco |season=3 |number=8 |network=MTV |airdate=August 18, 1994}}</ref> Five months later, he suffered a severe case of [[shingles]]. Upon recovery, Zamora joined a Miami-based HIV/AIDS resource center called Body Positive. There he met others with HIV and AIDS, learned more about the disease and how he could still have a fulfilling life. Soon thereafter, he began to talk about his condition to others, wanting to raise awareness in his community.<ref name=People11.28.94/><ref name=SunSentinel/><ref name=Winick49-56/> |
His family was devastated but remained supportive. Zamora's goal was to graduate from high school before he died, and he did so in 1990.<ref name=Winick49-56>Winick (2000). pp. 49-56.</ref><ref name=Episode8>{{cite episode |title=Together and Apart |series=The Real World: San Francisco |season=3 |number=8 |network=MTV |airdate=August 18, 1994}}</ref> Five months later, he suffered a severe case of [[shingles]]. Upon recovery, Zamora joined a Miami-based HIV/AIDS resource center called Body Positive. There he met others with HIV and AIDS, learned more about the disease and how he could still have a fulfilling life. Soon thereafter, he began to talk about his condition to others, wanting to raise awareness in his community.<ref name=People11.28.94/><ref name=SunSentinel/><ref name=Winick49-56/> |
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