JDRF Mid-Atlantic is excited to introduce our JDRF Champions, a group of high school students who are making a direct impact on T1D research through peer-to-peer fundraising for the 2021 JDRF Hope Gala. The JDRF Champions program began in 2019 and gives high school students the opportunity to engage their communities and design fundraising campaigns to support JDRF’s vision of a world without type 1 diabetes (T1D.) These impressive students were nominated by our community for their desire to make a difference and help all people with T1D live healthier, safer lives until there is a cure.

Our 2021 JDRF Champions

Mary Jane Erskin
Saint Gertrude High School

Zach Farrington
Sidwell Friends

Nicholas Hoelting
Mills E. Godwin High School

Isabelle Jackson
Georgetown Visitation

Maia Morrell
Georgetown Visitation

Rory Murphy
Lawrenceville School

Will Parsons
Georgetown Preparatory School

Morgan Rogerson
Lawrenceville School

Anya Smariga
Urbana High School

Ella Stuckey
West Potomac High School

Armaan Vij
Walt Whitman High School

Jane White
Lawrenceville School

Rowan Whittingham
Our Lady of Good Counsel

If you would like to support our Champions you can visit their fundraising page here. If you know a high school student with a passion for creating a world without T1D who might be interested in participating as a Champion in the future, please contact Stephanie Stuckey, sstuckey@jdrf.org.