Age: 17
Age at T1D diagnosis: 17

Jackson is a 17-year-old junior at the Dwight School in New York City. When not playing ice hockey, teeing off on the golf course, or surfing on Long Island, Jackson can be found in his school’s digital design lab working on one of his STEM innovation projects. Jackson is not only one of the oldest representatives at the T1D Children’s Congress, but also one of the most recently diagnosed.

After interning at the U.S. Senate last summer as a Senate Page, Jackson is excited to return to Washington, D.C., this summer to engage with the T1D community and federal lawmakers to create meaningful change.