< Back
AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference

Erika Castellanos

Conference login

Erika Castellanos

Erika Castellanos

GATE – Global Action for Trans Equality, the Netherlands
View

Erika Castellanos is a trans woman living with HIV from Belize who lives in the Netherlands. A social worker by profession, Erika joined GATE as Director of Programs in April 2017 and has held the role of Interim Executive Director since February 2022. Erika plays an important role in the participation of trans people in global key decision-making platforms. This includes being part of the Communities Delegation on the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. On 1 June 2018, Erika became the first openly trans advocate to be appointed to the Board of the Global Fund.

Quick links to our activities

Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) Differentiated Service Delivery IAS Educational Fund HIV Vaccine Research Network IAS+ Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) Mark Wainberg Fellowship Programme Me and My Healthcare Provider Person-Centred Care IAS Prevention Initiative Towards an HIV Cure Youth Hub

Conferences

International AIDS Conference IAS Conference on HIV Science HIV Research for Prevention Conference

Get involved

Become an IAS change maker Corporate Partnership Programme IAS membership

The IAS promotes the use of non-stigmatizing, people-first language. The translations are all automated in the interest of making our content as widely accessible as possible. Regretfully, they may not always adhere to the people-first language of the original version.