Cielo Latino leader carries on tireless, personal fight against AIDS - NYC

This year, the annual fund-raising event held by Cielo Latino, the Latino Commission on AIDS, will take place on Tuesday, and will be a very special affair.

The reason is not only that this time around it will be the largest one ever moneywise, but also that this year, Cielo Latino will celebrate the 20 years of life of its president, Dennis deLeon, since learning of his HIV-positive status.

“My body is not that great,” deLeon, who has been at the helm of the Latino Commission since 1994, told me in an interview at his W. 25th St. office in Manhattan. Diabetes and a bad heart are two of the consequences of the harsh HIV-fighting drugs he has taken all these years. “But I am alive.”"*

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