Kerri Sparling (that’s me!) is a writer, speaker, and the author of Six Until Me: Essays from a life with diabetes (2022), Loopy Makes a Sweater (2022), Rage Bolus & Other Poems (2021), and Balancing Diabetes (2014). Since 2005, I have been a leading voice in the patient advocacy space, focusing on my personal experience with type 1 diabetes. Through the power and passion of the patient narrative, I found my voice and have worked to bolster the influence of patient stories in the healthcare space, from academic journals to keynote performances around the world.
I am (currently) best known for my work as a patient storyteller at SixUntilMe.com, one of the longest running diabetes patient blogs. As of September 2023, I’ve been writing over on Substack at Life with Type 1 Diabetes.
If you’d like to connect, please email me at kerri (at) kerrisparling (dot) com. I’d love to talk with you about travel, speaking engagements, weird yarn crafts, stop motion animation, and that feeling in your stomach when you climb to the top of the rope during gym class.
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