Paola Reynoso is a Development Assistant for Breakthrough T1D’s Northern California chapter. She has been integral in bringing together the Spanish-speaking type 1 diabetes (T1D) community. She hosts a Spanish-speaking E-Meet & Greet as well as a Facebook Group for Spanish Speakers. Paola also partnered with Breakthrough T1D’s national Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging team to create a Spanish Bag of Hope for newly diagnosed families.
Paola is inspired by her son, Damian, who was diagnosed with T1D at the age of three. She recently released her first book, Damian: Living With Type 1 Diabetes, available in English and Spanish, to help educate newly diagnosed children and their families.
To be that person that people come to for support is reassurance that I’m where I’m meant to be.”
Widespread awareness brings us closer to advancing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat type 1 diabetes (T1D) until it is a condition of the past. Visit our Diabetes Awareness Month page to learn more about how you can get involved.
