Delegates in Massachusetts
Delegate: Camryn
State: Massachusetts
Age: 9
Profile: Camryn was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was five years old, but she hasn’t let it stop her. Her favorite activity is horseback riding, which she has been doing since. She also likes swimming, drawing, and writing, and may want to be a writer one day, or, because of her love of public speaking, a motivational speaker or lawyer.
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State: Massachusetts
Age: 9
Profile: Camryn was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was five years old, but she hasn’t let it stop her. Her favorite activity is horseback riding, which she has been doing since. She also likes swimming, drawing, and writing, and may want to be a writer one day, or, because of her love of public speaking, a motivational speaker or lawyer.
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Delegate: Evelyn
State: Massachusetts
Age: 6
Profile: Evie was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a year and a half ago. Although she and her family are still trying to get used to the insulin shots and blood sugar monitoring, she is still active, enjoying swimming, soccer, and baseball. She also likes to draw, color, create crafts, and bake. One of her main accomplishments is that at five years old she has made it through her first year of having type 1 diabetes.
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State: Massachusetts
Age: 6
Profile: Evie was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a year and a half ago. Although she and her family are still trying to get used to the insulin shots and blood sugar monitoring, she is still active, enjoying swimming, soccer, and baseball. She also likes to draw, color, create crafts, and bake. One of her main accomplishments is that at five years old she has made it through her first year of having type 1 diabetes.
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Delegate: Sam
State: Massachusetts
Age: 10
Profile: Sam, diagnosed at age two, is the only kid in his school with type 1 diabetes. He doesn’t remember not having the disease, but he can see what it would be like not to have it. A blue belt in karate, Sam also enjoys drama and is going to start drum lessons. A vegetarian, he would like to be a marine biologist because he loves animals and the ocean.
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State: Massachusetts
Age: 10
Profile: Sam, diagnosed at age two, is the only kid in his school with type 1 diabetes. He doesn’t remember not having the disease, but he can see what it would be like not to have it. A blue belt in karate, Sam also enjoys drama and is going to start drum lessons. A vegetarian, he would like to be a marine biologist because he loves animals and the ocean.
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Delegate: Samantha
State: Massachusetts
Age: 17
Profile: Samantha is the stage manager for her high school’s theater company, and she plays on the varsity girl’s tennis team. She also enjoys skiing. She’d like to pursue either science or politics so that she can help to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, which changed her life when she was diagnosed at age 12, and other diseases that affect millions of people worldwide.
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State: Massachusetts
Age: 17
Profile: Samantha is the stage manager for her high school’s theater company, and she plays on the varsity girl’s tennis team. She also enjoys skiing. She’d like to pursue either science or politics so that she can help to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, which changed her life when she was diagnosed at age 12, and other diseases that affect millions of people worldwide.
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Delegate: Samuel
State: Massachusetts
Age: 14
Profile: Diagnosed a year and a half ago, Sam, now 14, sees an upside to his diagnosis: “I used to talk about losing a baseball game like it was the end of the world, but now, I have this realization that it’s not so bad. There are so many worse things that can happen.” He raised almost $6,000 at JDRF’s Walk and is passionate about spreading awareness about the disease.
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State: Massachusetts
Age: 14
Profile: Diagnosed a year and a half ago, Sam, now 14, sees an upside to his diagnosis: “I used to talk about losing a baseball game like it was the end of the world, but now, I have this realization that it’s not so bad. There are so many worse things that can happen.” He raised almost $6,000 at JDRF’s Walk and is passionate about spreading awareness about the disease.
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