Regan is a native of Princeton, New Jersey and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of POZ Magazine, a publication for people living with HIV/AIDS and those affected by the disease.

In 1996, Regan was infected with HIV at age 28 by having unprotected sex twice with her heterosexual boyfriend. She discovered she had the disease when she went to the doctor about a swollen lymph gland. She took an HIV test, which came back positive, and was told she had a year to live. Thankfully, protease inhibitors (protease is an enzyme that the HIV virus needs to replicate itself to infect new cells) were introduced that year and over 11 years later, she’s still alive and well.

Regan bravely announced her HIV status to the world on the front cover of POZ Magazine and to commemorate the 25th anniversary of HIV/AIDS she told her story in an essay for Vogue Magazine.

Regan currently resides in New Jersey.