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Joanna Smiley

Joanna Smiley is an award-winning journalist with over 15 years of experience writing for newspapers, nonprofits and for profit corporations. She is also a mom to an 8-year-old warrior living with type 1 diabetes. ... Continue Reading »

John Carr

John G. Carr, M.D., is a freelance medical writer and aspiring novelist with more than 15 years of experience treating diabetes and its complications and brings a range of experience in peer-reviewed scientific investigation; from benchtop to bedside. He ... Continue Reading »

Julia Kenney

Advocacy Program Manager

Julia joined the diaTribe Foundation in 2020 after graduating with a degree in Political Science and International Relations from Carleton College. ... Continue Reading »

Julie Cunningham

practice offering online consultation, and she is also the author of 30 Days to Tame Type 2. ... Continue Reading »

Julie Heverly

Senior Director, Time in Range Coalition

Julie Heverly joined The diaTribe Foundation in 2021 as the Director of Institutional Giving and was promoted to Senior Director of the Time In Range Coalition later that year. Heverly was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after her junior year at Washington ... Continue Reading »

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Justine Szafran

Justine loves spending time outdoors and making art. She graduated from Carleton College in 2019, with a double major in Political Science and Studio Art. Justine currently works at Carleton College as an Educational Associate in Studio Art, specializing ... Continue Reading »

Kara Miecznikowski

Kara originally joined diaTribe as a Summer Associate in May 2019. She is currently a guest writer for diaTribe Learn and is in her first year of medical school at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. ... Continue Reading »

Katie Bacon

Katie Bacon is a writer and editor based in Boston. Her daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in August, 2012, when she was six. Katie’s writing about diabetes has appeared on TheAtlantic.com and ASweetLife. Katie has also written for The New Yor ... Continue Reading »