Kayla Brown is from London, Ontario, Canada. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of English. Kayla has had type 1 diabetes for 6 years (dx. at age 18). She runs an empowerment group for teen girls with diabetes in her community, and writes a blog, Kayla’s Life Notes. Kayla climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of type 1 diabetics in 2013. She is the Canadian Representative for International Diabetes Federation Young Leaders.