About Us
The unfilled need:
People living with HIV and vulnerable populations have many obstacles in accessing the services they need to get into care and stay in care and get or stay healthy. Some of these obstacles include experiencing mountains of paperwork, experiencing stigma when attempting to access services, language barriers, service providers not understanding or anticipating their needs or not offering the appropriate services or taking the time required with them to be successful in attaining these services.
We are able to identify the barriers and needs of the client in order to connect them with the services needed. We are flexible in our approach to do whatever it takes to get the needed services. We don't shy away from challenging cases and are able to meet the clients where they are, whether that is in their homes, a hospital, a shelter, on the street or wherever works for the client.
Meeting clients where they are is not only in the physical sense, but emotionally, educationally, language-wise and by their readiness for care.
We are here to help the client get to the next level of their life. Providing self-directed care so the client determines their goals and we provide the mentoring and guidance for them to achieve them.
Some examples of services we provide:
☑️ Transportation
☑️ Accompaniment to appointments
☑️ Printing documentation
☑️ Setting up email accounts
☑️ Downloading apps for services on their phone
☑️ Technical assistance-use of smart phone, email, google voice etc., assist with getting the technology (phone, or tablet)
☑️ Education on the resources available in the community.
☑️ Coaching on how to access the resources, how to communicate with the resources.
☑️Bonding and maintaining the connection with the client
☑️ Assist with accessing the PA clearinghouse
☑️ Housing resources
MICHELLE TROXELL
Michelle Troxell is a wife, mother, and grandmother, advocate for social justice, a Registered Nurse, Usui Reiki Master, and Empowerment Coach. Michelle is a subject matter Expert (SME) in HIV for 35 years-living with HIV since 1988.
Michelle is a co-founder of SISU Empowering Others, serves as lead organizer and is a founding member of PA HIV Justice Alliance (PA-HJA), former co-chair of Positive Women’s Network-USA-PA Chapter (2019-2022), a Core Member of Vote Positive-USA-PA, and a member of the PA HIV Planning Group (HPG) since 2020. Michelle is the founder and CEO of Awake Alive Abundant Coaching; guiding clients to unleash their full potential and live authentically as the divine creators they are on earth to be.
Michelle’s areas of expertise include educating and empowering individuals to use their gifts, community organizing, HIV criminalization reform work, electoral organizing, educating the community, medical and nursing professionals on the current science of HIV and combatting stigma surrounding HIV.
ISA SANCHEZ
Isa Sanchez is the go-to person for her family and friends. She’s one to connect others to different services in the community and guide them through success. She loves to give back to her community. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, a PA-certified Community Health Worker, a certified medical interpreter and a Public Notary. She’s also a Real Estate Investor. She also knows what it is like to be vulnerable to STD's and HIV's.
Isa is a member of the Women’s Real Estate Investors; she has a business called Believe In Property Solutions. She’s the founder of SISU Empowering others. She helps vulnerable individuals and people living with HIV get connected to different services including transportation and housing. She sells affordable cars to help others have a transportation to go to work, do their diligent and have a stable wellbeing.
Isa excels in working with vulnerable populations and provides free HIV/STD testing. She helps connect people living with HIV to care and services. She makes people feel special, worth it and motivates them to be a better person.