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What a local aerospace engineer wants you to know about living with diabetes | HOUSTON LIFE | KPRC 2

Published: November 5, 2019, 3:33 PM

Tags: women who lead, april blackwell, living with diabetes, nasa, engineers, houston life, aerospace engineer, national diabetes month, inspiring story, diabetes, houston story, type 1 diabetes

November is national diabetes month, and despite being a serious disease, it hasn't stopped a local Houstonian from reaching for the sky. Aerospace engineer April Blackwell shares her incredible story about how she is able to work at NASA’s mission control while living with type 1 diabetes.

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