Solomon was a physical therapist who worked with severely disabled children as well as a personal trainer and yoga teacher.
[6] In 1992, Crisostomo made his HIV status public on World AIDS Day, making him the first openly HIV-positive person to live in the Pacific Islands.
[6][8] He continued to travel back to Guam and the Pacific area to provide assistance on HIV AIDS capacity building and service provision.
[9] In 2000, Crisostomo moved from San Francisco to Guam to become the Executive Director of the Coral Life Foundation, a community-based organization working on HIV AIDS in the Asia-Pacific Area.
In that capacity, Crisostomo convened representatives from the six Pacific Island Jurisdictions which included AIDS directors, program staff, community stakeholders, along with capacity-building assistance providers funded by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to discuss the state of HIV prevention and care services in their respective jurisdictions.
[9] Crisostomo later became the Executive Director of 7 Sisters, a broad-based alliance of regional Asia Pacific HIV/AIDS networks based in Thailand.