TEXAS ADVOCATE

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Marnina Miller (She/Her)

Marnina Miller is a Human Rights Activist and a Social Media Influencer. Ms. Miller is the Community Outreach Associate at Southern Aids Coalition. Her expertise revolves around HIV Advocacy, Queer Community Engagement, Language Justice, and Body Positivity. She fell in love with Activism after joining the Positive Organizing Project a movement that trains People Living with HIV on how to become effective HIV Activists. This out and proud, Black Queer young woman facilitates trainings on Anti-Stigmatizing Language, Effective Leadership, Sex Positivity, and Community Organizing. At Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) she currently serves on the Board of Directors. She is also a graduate of the PWN-USA’s Public Policy Fellowship. At the Well Project she serves on the Community Advisory Board and is a feature writer on their website. Marnina is a Youth Ambassador for Youth Across Borders where she spends time at Montaña de Luz which is an orphanage for Children Living with HIV in Honduras. She is a recipient of the Violet Award, which recognizes LGBTQ advocates in Houston, Texas.

At the National Minority Aids Council (NMAC) she is a National Trainer for the ESCALATE program, and a Youth Council Facilitator for the Youth Initiative Program. Marnina is also a feature writer for the international online publication Life and Love with HIV where she is dismantling the stigma of women, developing, maintaining, and pursuing a healthy sex life one blog post at a time. Marnina creates social media content under the moniker MarninaTheQueen, a brand dedicated to social injustice. She currently has over 100,000 followers, and millions of video streams across TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Marnina has been featured on Vice News, National Public Radio (NPR), and the YouTube Original Series: HIV Disclosure and Dating for her expertise around HIV Stigma.

“I joined this project to learn more about how epidemics are directly impacting mass incarceration, and how to dismantle these systems of oppression.” 

Q: What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?

A: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!