Hydeia Broadbent Biography

Broadbent began her debut as an HIV/AIDS activist and public speaker at six years old. Since then, she has appeared on many national television programs including Katie, Oprah, 20/20, Good Morning America, Weekly with Ed Gordon, and A Conversation with Magic Johnson on Nickelodeon. She has been featured in prominent publications, including The New York Times, Teen People, Essence, YM, Ebony, Health Quest, Sister to Sister, POZ, National Geographic, Real Health, Seventeen, and Heart & Soul. She also graced the cover of TV Guide. Broadbent has also taken part in many of American talk radio programs including The Michael Eric Dyson Show, Russ Parr Morning Show, and The Tom Joyner Morning Show.

Today, Hydeia Broadbent is a distinguished international public speaker and HIV/AIDS activist with a mission to educate people of all ages. She has an innate ability to bond with any audience. When addressing the public about the issues of HIV/AIDS, her primary goal is to provide a clear understanding of how to avoid at-risk behaviors through self-examination and informed decision-making. She succinctly states that with all that we know about the virus, it is clear to me that contracting HIV/AIDS today is a choice and we cant allow anyone the power to make that choice for us!

Broadbent is considered a pioneer as the first African American youth to speak up and speak out about the epidemic. Ebony Magazine named her one of the Most Influential 150 African Americans in 2008. She has been honored with an American Red Cross Spirit Award and an Essence Award.

She has become a notable speaker and guest panelist at many of Americas most respected educational institutions including Duke University, Morehouse School of Medicine, UCLA, USC, and Howard University.

In 2010, she was invited by the BET Networks Chairman/CEO Debra Lee to participate as a panelist in the First Annual Leading Womens Defined Summit in Washington, DC. Broadbent also received an award for Health Education and Awareness from WEEN (Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network).

She has been a featured speaker for the International AIDS Conference in 2006. She also spoke at the 2007 Essence Music Festival as well as the 2007 AIDS Rally at the Potters House lead by Bishop TD Jakes in Dallas, Texas.

She was selected by TheGrio.com (a division of NBC News), TheRoot.com, and Ebony Magazine as one of todays Top 100 African American History Makers or Power 100 for 2011.

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