Addison

Indiana 2025

Age: 16 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 4

Addison spends her days going between high school and volleyball. She has been playing volleyball for four years and must deal with the […] Read More

Sophia

Indiana 2023

Age: 12 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 3

Sophia is one busy 6th grader! She’s in high ability classes, a member of the swim team, and plays tennis as well. She’s incredibly […] Read More

Ella

Indiana 2019

Age: 11 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 4

Ella has been doing gymnastics since she was four, the age she was diagnosed with T1D, and hopes to go professional. Ella says, […] Read More

Becca

Indiana 2017

Age: 14 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 4

Becca enjoys tennis, student council and peer mentoring. She is also a huge Chicago Cubs fan. In addition to having T1D, Becca also […] Read More

Katie

Indiana 2017

Age: 16 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 11

Katie hopes to become a Certified Diabetes Educator when she is older. Until then, she is doing her best to spread the word […] Read More

Aidan

Indiana 2015

Age: 13 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 2

With his younger brother recently diagnosed with T1D, Aidan is attending JDRF Children’s Congress with a renewed determination for a cure. “My family […] Read More

John Christian

Indiana 2015

Age: 12 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 9

Baseball, basketball, Boy Scouts, spelling bees: Christian certainly knows how to keep himself busy! Receiving his T1D diagnosis at age 9, he has […] Read More

Sorin

Indiana 2015

Age: 16 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 9

“I am proud of the fact that I don’t let T1D define who I am,” says Sorin. Like all kids with T1D, Sorin […] Read More

Claire

Indiana 2013

Age: 17 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 12

As the only student at her school coping with T1D, Claire seems to live every day in the limelight. “Awareness is a big […] Read More

Gwen

Indiana 2013

Age: 15 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 5

Gwen has been voicing her thoughts about life with T1D since the early days of her diagnosis. At just five years old, she […] Read More

Rebecca

Indiana 2013

Age: 8 | Age at T1D diagnosis: 2

When Rebecca was diagnosed with T1D at age two, her physician said that a cure for the disease would likely be found within […] Read More

Gabriel

Indiana 2011

Gabriel's diligence, graciousness, and intelligence have helped him achieve great things as an athlete, Honor Roll student, and JDRF advocate. Diagnosed with both type 1 diabetes and alopecia when he […] Read More

Rodney

Indiana 2011

Rodney has known diabetes all his life, as he was diagnosed at just 22 months old. His mother, a nurse, suspected he had diabetes, and she was right. But eight […] Read More