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Speaking up on Capital Hill 2011 Children’s Congress!

Gabriela’s video on WKYC

Congratulations Gabriela, who was chosen to Represent Ohio as part of JDRF’s Children’s Congress. Gabriela will go to Washington D.C. and speak in front of the US Congress with delegates from other states as well, to discuss the need for funding for Type 1 Diabetes.

Gabriela, will represent Ohio on Capital Hill on June 20-22, 201.

“I am very excited to be going to D.C. with my mom for 2 days. I will have a chance to meet the President and the First Lady, and live pretty much every person’s who has diabetes dream… to make an impact on the way the government spends money and to remind them that we need a cure… NOW!” – Gabriela, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 8.

Every two years, JDRF International Chairman Mary Tyler Moore and over a hundred children with type 1 diabetes gather in Washington, D. C. to meet face-to-face with some of the top decision-makers in the U.S. government. The children, ages 4 to 17, represent all 50 states and the District of Columbia. As participants in JDRF’s Children’s Congress, they have a unique and empowering opportunity to help Members of Congress understand what life with type 1 diabetes is like and why research to find the cure for diabetes and its complications is so critical.