Continuing our series of interviews with the 10 winners of the DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest that were announced in June, today we’re featuring none other than long-time diabetes blogger and advocate, Sara “Knicks” Nicastro, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 21. Sara lives in Florida and works in higher education administration.
In her contest video, Sara discussed her thoughts on device personalization, like what’s offered by many smartphone apps these days. We…
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MikeH on
September 27, 2012
Welcome to the latest in our series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June.
This time, we’re chatting with Tom Ley, who has a unique story in that he’s not only been living with type 1 diabetes for most of his life, but has also been blind for much of his life too. Despite his inability to see, Tom’s visionary thinking on D-innovation has the…
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MikeH on
September 14, 2012
This is the sixth in our series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June.
Julie Cabinaw, who lives in Boise, Idaho, is a type 2 who’s no stranger to innovation and web-based technology. She’s worked in software and web tech, product strategy and user experience for 18 years for companies like Microsoft, Healthwise, HP and Scentsy! On top of being a proud wife and mom…
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