Katie Duhm uses creativity to educate about Type 1 Diabetes

  • [photo by Dionne Bolton Photography]

    [photo by Dionne Bolton Photography]

On June 16 and 17, In the Wings’ performance “#Dance Family” featured a dance performed by Katie Duhm. She and Dana Dever choreographed. Katie mixed Rachel Platten’s powerful “Fight Song” music with a recording of…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Katie Duhm accepted a VFW award from Dee Bumgardner for an essay to honor American veterans. She graduated from FMHS in 2016.

Top: Four months after her diagnosis in 2013, Katie Duhm gave a presentation to the Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce about Type 1 Diabetes. Last month she performed a dance with In the Wings to show her insulin pump and tell of its impact on her dreams.

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