PWN Greater Houston Area (PWN GHA) is honored to be part of PWN as an official affiliated organization. We mean business and we know that nothing about us without us is for us.  PWN will give us the support, tools, and mentorship to make advocacy for women in the Greater Houston Area a reality.

Tana Pradia

Tana Pradia is a mother of three children, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother. She has been living with HIV since 1999. She almost died from TB, having a T-cell count of 14 and a viral load she describes as “out of control.”

After being given a second chance, Tana became a patient mentor at Thomas Street Health Center. She began her advocacy work with a Project LEAP class, a training course offered by the Ryan White Planning Council (RWPC). She was appointed Secretary of the RWPC in 2019, and she now chairs it. Tana initially participated in the Positive Organizing Project to learn how to advocate, and she has been one of the mentors for the last five years. Tana is one of the co-founders of the Positive Women’s Network–Greater Houston Area Chapter, now the Texas Chapter, which she currently co-chairs. She is a graduate of the 2018–2019 PWN–USA Policy Fellowship.

Tana is one of trainers for the AIDS United POP grant that was awarded to the Texas Chapter. She is also the secretary of the Texans Living with HIV Network. Today, Tana is doing things she truly loves and accredits her work to maintaining her sobriety.