Juan Carlos Loubriel

Juan Carlos Loubriel has contributed a great deal to HIV prevention and care since 2000 in Washington, DC, as well as his homeland of Puerto Rico. He is currently Whitman-Walker Health’s Senior Director of Community Health and Wellness where he has general oversight of prevention and education activities including mobile and clinic-based HIV/STI counseling, testing, education initiatives and outreach. Juan Carlos also has direct oversight of PrEP Navigation, the PrEP Clinic, and Wellness Programs that include Nutrition and Acupuncture services. As such, he has forged new partnerships with LGBTQIA-oriented businesses and community organizations in the DMV area.

While a college student in Puerto Rico, Juan Carlos took care of his father, who was bisexual and diagnosed with AIDS. Juan Carlos quickly came face-to-face with stigma, and he has spent much of his adult life trying to combat it. During this difficult period and continuing after his father’s death, Juan Carlos worked for a government program in Puerto Rico that offered HIV/AIDS counseling, testing, and education to LGBTQIA individuals.  He then moved to Washington, DC and began working at WWH as a health manager and a testing counselor for several years while also volunteering with various organizations conducting outreach.

In 2017, Juan Carlos received a Capital Pride Heroes award by Capital Pride Alliance designated for those individuals who have furthered causes important to DC’s LGBTQIA community. In 2018, he was recognized as one of the top minority business leaders by the Washington Business Journal. Juan Carlos is a health advocate not only for WWH patients, but for DC’s LGBTQIA community as well.