Cherise Shockley
Cherise Shockley joined The diaTribe Foundation in 2019 as the organization’s first Community Manager. Shockley was diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults in 2004 and she is a guest writer for diaTribe Learn.
Cherise Shockley joined The diaTribe Foundation in 2019 as the organization’s first Community Manager. Cherise was diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults in June 2004. She is the founder of Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (#dsma), creator of the Blue Fridays initiative and Women of Color (WOC) Diabetes. Cherise is a subject matter expert in diabetes social media, online communities, and peer support. She is a wife, mother, and veteran. She received her degree in Mass Communications and Media Studies with a minor in Digital Audience from Arizona State University.
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Type 1 & Type 2
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