Summit Speaker Series featuring Kerri Sparling
May 28, 2020, NY
7:00 pm
Kerri Sparling, our first highlighted speaker, has been living with T1D since 1986, diagnosed at the age of seven. She manages her diabetes and lives her life by the mantra “Diabetes doesn’t define me, but it helps explain me.”
Join us as she presents the patient perspective to the T1D community. RSVP for meeting details.
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Kerri Sparling – Writer and Author, Type 1 Since 1986
Kerri is a passionate advocate for all-things diabetes. She is the creator and author of Six Until Me, one of the first and most widely-read diabetes patient blogs, reaching a global audience of patients and caregivers. Her first book, Balancing Diabetes (Spry Publishing), looks at type 1 diabetes in the context of “real life.” Kerri has lived with diabetes for 30 years. She has experienced a full childhood, the teen years, the college experience, pregnancy and parenting, with diabetes along for the ride.
Kerri’s participation is part of Tandem Diabetes Care’s Live Life in Full Color speaker series.
Event Contact
Betsy Paffmann
631-768-3389 | bpaffmann@jdrf.org
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