The Progress-Index
Deirdre Johnson wasn’t interested in dating when she met her ex-boyfriend, but decided to give him a chance anyway.
She had dropped out of James Madison University years prior after getting pregnant with her first son, Xayvin, and moved back to Alexandria to live with her parents to support her child.
Her relationship with him was traumatic, to say the least. In the relationship, Johnson endured mental, physical and emotional abuse throughout the relationship. If that wasn’t enough, a year into her relationship she found out she was HIV-positive — and with a baby on the way.