PORTRAITS: PORTRAITS I: Julie Collins

Julie Collins, Fort Pierce, FL
Julie Collins smokes a cigarette in her apartment in Fort Pierce, FL. Julie is living with AIDS, which she contracted from her husband. She has become an outspoken advocate of AIDS awareness and education in the area. St. Lucie County, which encompasses Fort Pierce, has some of the highest per capita rates of infection in the state of Florida among different demographics, and has the highest per capita rate particularly among african american women.