Embracing Diabetes, compassion, community and creativity
Welcome to Embracing Diabetes, a podcast that explores the many different ways people are living with diabetes in the world. Join co-hosts Amy Stockwell and Dr Liz Stephens, colleagues and friends who have lived with type one diabetes for decades. Liz and Amy launched Embracing Diabetes so they could talk to creative, smart, inspiring, and thoughtful people living with type one and share their stories with you! People with type one diabetes come in all shapes and sizes, but we share this one thing -- this frustrating, challenging, expensive chronic illness -- that binds us together and we are always stronger together. We hope you are as inspired by these interviews as we are.
Embracing Diabetes, compassion, community and creativity
A Conversation with Artist, Teacher, Camp Staffer and Advocate for People with T1D
In this episode we chat with Kameron "Kam" Dostal, a self-described "Chatty Cathy" who has dedicated much of her young life advocating for people with diabetes whether it's through working as a camp counselor or raising awareness about accommodations. She is an inspiration! Just listen to the episode and see if you can walk away uninspired.
Featured on this Episode:
Kameran Dostal is an art educator, a self-proclaimed artrepreneur, and an advocate. Living in Kearney, Nebraska, the heart of the U.S., she works full-time as an elementary art teacher at two elementary schools. In her personal art practice, Kameran operates a small business titled “For You, From Kam”. Through her work, she seeks to create hand-crafted “Remembrance paintings, commemorating people, places, and pets.” When she isn’t working on commissioned pieces or teaching classes, she explores themes of sustainability and fragility in repurposing used diabetes supplies to create assemblage photographs. With all the hats she wears, Kameran has one hat that is inescapable. She is a person living with type 1 diabetes. In the diabetes community, she is an assistant director for a summer diabetes camp, a community fundraiser, a legislative advocate, a research partner, and an online creator.
Resources on this Episode:
Website: www.foryoufromkam.com/
Instagram: @Kamahkazee
Facebook: @ForYou,FromKam
Website for Nebraska Camp for Youth Living with Diabetes: Camp Floyd Rogers
