Age: 17
Age at Diagnosis: 6

Lindsay remembers how isolated she felt after she was diagnosed with T1D, but that all changed when she and her family attended their first JDRF One Walk. “Seeing so many people living with T1D gathering in hope, courage, and celebration made me feel so much less alone.”

Since then, Lindsay has been involved in helping raise money for breakthrough T1D research and has used her passion and talent for public speaking to spread awareness throughout her community. Lindsay says that her three biggest passions are theater, debate, and giving others the opportunity to shine. “Diabetes doesn’t hold me back, in fact, it has given me the tenacity, optimism, and poise that make all the things I accomplish and will accomplish possible.”