Age: 16
Age at T1D diagnosis: 6

If you can’t find Lexi front-and-center dancing on her high school varsity dance team, she is likely serving others as a Breakthrough T1D Ambassador in Texas or through her church preschool ministry. Musical talents, including guitar and voice, compliment her heart for service; she’s even sung the national anthem for Breakthrough T1D’s Walk the past 3 years.

Lexi was diagnosed with T1D in 2016, but that doesn’t hold her back from anything. Lexi is learning to drive and will get her license this summer. After a packed high school schedule of AP and college dual enrollment classes, her goal is to attend Texas A&M University and ultimately go to dental school to become an orthodontist, a dream she’s held since childhood.