A group of Floridians are putting faces on a disease they said is infected by stigmas and stereotypes of those who don’t understand.

'Faces of HIV' is a mobile exhibit in the back of a box truck the Florida Department of Health is having driven around Florida.

Inside, portraits of 13 Floridians living with HIV or AIDS are exhibited. Journals and videos accompany each portrait to let each person document and tell their experience.

Two Bay area volunteers said they wanted to be a part of the project to get conversation on HIV and AIDS started again.

“Now you don’t hear about it too much and that’s another reason why I was just so grateful to be a part of the project,” Tracey Dannemiller said.

“They don’t want it to happen to them, but they’re not having the conversations that need to happen,” Kamaria Laffray said.

The Department of Health estimates 135,000 Floridians live with HIV and AIDS.

“I hope this campaign accomplishes opening people’s eyes to getting tested so that they don’t too become a face,” Laffray said.

The exhibit was on display at the University of South Florida on Friday and the St. Petersburg Pier on Saturday.