November 2025 - Thera Community Champion

Alicia Diggs CFAR Office Manager at UNC- CFAR

Alicia Diggs is a transformative public health leader, educator, and advocate dedicated to empowering communities and dismantling the barriers that perpetuate stigma, inequity, and injustice. As the Manager for the Office of Community Engagement (OCE) at the University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research (UNC CFAR), Alicia serves as a bridge between academia, research, and the communities most impacted by HIV. In this role, she leads collaborative initiatives, coordinates the Community Collaboration Board (CCB), and ensures that the Meaningful Involvement of People with Lived Experience (MIPA) remains central to research and policy decisions. Living unapologetically and thriving as a Black woman with HIV, Alicia uses her lived experience to center humanity in public health practice...