Dylan has lived with T1D since 1996 when he was diagnosed in St. John’s Newfoundland. Dylan is now an assistant professor of nutrition and chronic disease at the University of Manitoba. He never really knew anyone else with T1D growing up, but later connected with others people with T1D via social media and then via involvement in T1D research. He wishes he had had people with T1D he could have learned from when he was a teenager. His research group in Manitoba specializes in clinical trials using nutritional interventions. Dylan serves on the CommuniT1D steering committee and national research team.