Age: 17
Age at Diagnosis: 13

Sports and competition have always been a big part of Nina’s life, but she has always made time for other things she’s passionate about. Right after she left the hospital after receiving her T1D diagnosis, she headed straight to play in her piano recital! A few days after her diagnosis, she began cooking and baking with alternative flours and sweeteners to experiment with different recipes, which eventually grew into a website. Nina says that being able to focus on these things has made her journey with T1D a bit easier.

Nina has hopes to become one of the first collegiate divers living with T1D and then go into the medical field. She brings an incredible amount of passion to raising awareness around T1D, sharing that, “I promote diabetes by being very open about it, and I love answering people’s questions.” Nina helps to raise money to fund research, and as a Youth Advocacy Leader, urges Congress to take action when it comes to issues that impact the T1D community. 

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Radio Interview, The Bay Area Focus from I Heart Radio San Francisco