D’vonte’s Bio

Hi, my name is D’vonte, I was Born in Inglewood, California in LA on September 25, 1995. What I like to do on weekends is go out and sell candy for some fun money. On school days I like to hang out at the mall with my friends and sell candy there, too. I really like playing video games, I am more into football and b-ball.

HIV and AIDS affects me, because people seem to think who ever has the virus is the odd duck and sometimes at school I hear people saying stuff like, “You’re gay so you have AIDS.” One time, I even heard a parent say, “You need to be careful, because those ‘AIDS people’ can spit in in your eye and you can catch it.” I was thinking to myself that some people do not know anything about the virus, and sometimes I just want to shout, “SHUT UP, because you do know what your talking about.” Maybe if you look into it you will probably learn more about the virus.

I have been going to Camp Kindle for the past five years. I have been going to a lot of other camps since I was 7 years old. My favorite part of Camp Kindle is SPEAK OUT because I can tell my story without being judged.

This is my first year going to Dance Marathon. I am excited to meet all the dancers. I think it is amazing that they stay awake for the entire 26 hours. I want to try to stay awake the entire 26 hours. My favorite dance move is the dougie. 

Update from 11/7/11

D’vonte drew this at Camp Kindle 2011!

Update from 11/21/11

D’vonte wants the Bruins to kick butt this weekend against the Trojans!

Update from 1/6/12

My new years resolution is to be better at remembering my meds and working on a screen play.

New!

I just want to say thank you to all the dancers for your support! At DM your feet may hurt for a little bit, but the feeling of doing something good will last a life time. I can’t wait to meet everyone this weekend at DM!