Age: 16
Age at T1D diagnosis: 12

Caroline enjoys playing flute in marching band, attending Camp Adam Fisher for kids with diabetes and her family’s yearly summer beach trip. Her goal is to become a nurse practitioner specializing in pediatric endocrinology. She explains, “I want to be a positive role model and assure these kids that a type 1 diagnosis is not the end of the world.” In 2014, Caroline organized a Project Blue November campaign at her middle school to raise awareness and money for T1D research and JDRF. Caroline spoke at an FDA meeting in Washington, D.C. and participated in a Dexcom CGM clinical trial. “The best part of the FDA meeting was realizing that each person in the room was there because of a desire to make life with type 1 diabetes easier.”

Giving Your Best: Caroline Dorn / ABC News Channel 6 / June 13, 2017