Kobi’s Story

Kobi Thomas is a professional soccer player that plays for inter Miami.He was diagnosed at 10 years old. Kobi has travelled the world and managed his diabetes playing at the highest level. He now speaks about it and helps out those that go through the same adversity.

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Caleb’s Story

Caleb Fauria is a Division 1 football player at the University Of Colorado who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2019 as a junior in high school.

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Sam’s Story

Sam Schechtman is a type 1 diabetic from Ann Arbor Michigan who was diagnosed on Thanksgiving 1990 with type 1 diabetes. Since then Sam became the first graduate of the University Of Michigan’s Department of -Anesthesiologist’s head and neck- advanced airway management fellowship. Currently Sam is an avid runner and is an Anesthesiologist and an associate professor at the University Of Michigan Medicine and is also the president of The Society for Head And Neck Anesthesia (SHANA).

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Amber's Story

Amber Jackson is an NCAA Division 1 dual sport athlete in soccer and track at Oregon State University. She is from Susanville, California and was diagnosed at the age of 7 with type 1 diabetes;

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Jaime’s Story

Jaime Ferrer is a freshman division 1 baseball player for Florida State University. He was considered one of the best prospects in the country out of high school and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 3 years old. (Photo Credits to Florida State University Baseball).

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Allie’s Story

Allie Rock is a type 1 diabetic from Maryland who was diagnosed at the age of 3. She recently competed in the Miss Maryland USA pageant where she won best interview and she currently works in a broadcast studio at a children’s hospital where they make videos and shows for the patients. 

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Marisa’s Story

Marisa Warta is a senior at University Of Tennessee studying elementary education. She also enjoys photography and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes her senior year of high school 4 years ago.

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Harrison’s Story

Harrison Clinton is a Type 1 diabetic from O’Fallon, Illinois Harrison participated on his high school cross country team and enjoys speaking about his type 1 diabetes to different organizations in his community.

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Katie’s Story

Katie O’Malley is a type 1 diabetic who was diagnosed at the age of 13. She runs the instagram page @relatable_t1d where she has over 4,000 followers.

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Sami’s Story

Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old. She is currently studying Sports Medicine at Pepperdine University and has runs the blog called www.t1dsami.com which can be found in our Interesting Stuff For T1D’s page where she writes about her life with type 1 diabetes among other things related to T1D!

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Emilee’s Story

Emilee Herringshaw has had type 1 diabetes for 24 years and is currently studying to be a doctor at UMass medical school. In addition to this Emilee also has a blog titled Two Cookies At Midnight and recently published a publication Unofficial Guide to learning About Living With Diabetes. A link to both of these can be found in our “Interesting Stuff For T1D’s page.”

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Ali’s Story

Ali Reese is a type 1 diabetic from Texas who was diagnosed at the age of 11. She is currently 22 years old and recently graduated from the University Of Arizona. She also served as an ambassador for Texas Children’s Hospital 

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