#1969 Elena and Sarah

Um, your note says something about management, mentorship, giving back.

What does that mean?

So, after I got diagnosed, I met with the school nurse, and then she connected me to this other lady who runs a non-profit called My Life in Numbers.

Mm.

And so basically I connected with her, and then I became, um, an advocate for the program, and I mentored this middle schooler who also had Type One diabetes.

And so we'd get together, like, every month and hang out and do something fun, and just, like, talk about, like, life with diabetes.

Like, just having someone who, like, kind of understands more, just to talk about stuff that, like, your parents or your siblings, your friends might not understand as well.

That's nice.

How often do you do that? How does that work? Is it, like, online, or do you meet in person?

Well, I only did it when I was in high school, just because, like, we lived in the same area.

Oh, I see.

So I'm not her mentor anymore now that I'm in college.

But, um, I have, like, they also have a scholarship, and so I've applied to the scholarship and I've won the scholarship twice.

Mm-hmm.

And so I've also, like, I've spoke at some of their fundraising events that they do, and that kind of thing.

Is Diabetes Link at your school, the, um, the College Diabetes Network? Is it isn't that what it's called now?

No, it's not.

Really?

No, my college is very small.

These people.

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Don't they know you're there and you're trying to be inclusive? Uh, would you...

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Is that a thing you would...

Uh, uh, do you know any other Type Ones at college?