Age: 15
Age at T1D diagnosis: 9

Lucy is a swimmer who enjoys participating in Model UN and hanging out with her friends. She is also very committed to advocating for a cure for T1D. Lucy participates in JDRF One Walk, acts as an ambassador at JDRF Dream Galas and has met with her Congressman three years in a row to discuss living with T1D. She says, “Diabetes influences everything I do in my life.” Although she is excited about eventually going away to college, she worries about managing this disease without the support of having her mom and dad nearby. But that won’t stop her. “I want to go out-of-state to William and Mary. I want to work in the State Department or be a lawyer. I don’t want to be tethered down by diabetes.”