Andrew Spieldenner (Ph.D., Howard University) is Executive Director of MPact: Global Action for Gay Health & Rights, Associate Professor of Health Communication at California State University-San Marcos, and a Visiting Scholar at Concordia University. Dr. Spieldenner is a community-engaged researcher and advocate with over 25 years of experience in HIV. Openly living with HIV, Dr. Spieldenner is currently North American Delegate to UNAIDS and Vice-Chair of the United States People Living with HIV Caucus. He is the co-editor of the books Intercultural Health Communication (Peter Lang, 2020) and the forthcoming Post-AIDS (Routledge) and A Pill for Promiscuity (Rutgers).