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Natalie has been living with type 1 diabetes since she was six years old and is based in NYC. She loves to travel in order to push herself outside of her comfort zone and has been to all seven continents and 50+ countries. During the COVID-19 pandemic Natalie has been salsa dancing, learning to knit, and writing to connect with others! On a morning in early November I woke up late, rushed to the subway, and couldn't see out of one eye. I thought it was a dirty contact and vowed to replace it later at work. One emergency eye appointment and one panic attack later I was told that my diabetic

Did you know that Congress funds school nutrition programs for about 30 million children across the nation each day? The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) must regularly be renewed by Congress, and you can help ensure your lawmakers understand the importance of kids getting healthy food at school each day. Since 2010, when Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act , the legislation called for new evidence-based nutrition standards for school meals. The NSLP and SBP has provided millions of school meals for children across the United States and

Type 1 diabetes approached my life at the age of 10 and it hasn't gotten easier. To take care of diabetes requires a lot of responsibility, anything can go wrong if you don't take care of yourself. I have been to the hospital a bunch of times, but that didn't stop me from taking care of myself and continuing to build myself up. Yes, the outcomes can be scary sometimes, but that doesn't mean you have to fear it. I didn't have time to sit and cry about it, I had to learn and adapt. And because of that, I became the man I am today. I use my diabetes as motivation because there was a time where I