He also raised $52,000 (£39,292, €44,613) for Braking AIDS Ride, reports the publication. Jack’s work over the last decade has included a two-year stint working at the Global Forum on MSM & HIV, five years working on HIV awareness campaign Living Positive by Design. He goes on to explain that this is why he returned to university to to get a degree in nursing, while admitting that, as a user of social media, he will never leave activism behind completely. It’s been over the past decade, where I’m like, “I’m going to live. Until my mid-30s, I was like: “Why should I have a 401k?” I wasn’t planning ahead. Jack, who found fame on season four of Project Runway, furthermore told Plus: ‘I thought I was going to die at 25. I’m not doing it for accolades, but everyone likes… to feel like something beneficial is coming from your job.’ ‘HIV conversation had virtually disappeared from mainstream television’ ‘I’m getting really close to 50, and I can’t be hoofing it all the time. ‘Like teachers, people expect that we should basically volunteer our services because we are doing important work,’ he said. The model furthermore points out that those working in it are often ‘overworked and underpaid’. The former Project Runway star confirms he is ‘moving away from the nonprofit sector’ in a new interview. Jack Mackenroth is standing down from HIV activism for the first time since revealing he’s HIV positive 10 years ago.
