Indiana

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