| American Diabetes Association

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a few months before my 14th birthday. I was scared and had no clue what diabetes even was. A few of the nurses and doctors at Phoenix Children’s Hospital encouraged me to go to an ADA camp, which was Camp AZDA. I was skeptical at first, but once I got there, I had the time of my life. This was the first time since my diagnosis that I did not feel alone with an incurable condition. I met people who are still some of my best friends to this day! Camp has always been extremely special to me.