PeggyEllen is a diabetes care and education specialist with over 20 years of experience and training in diabetes education and chronic disease self-management.  She enjoys working with people of all ages and with all types of diabetes, to help them find the tools and strategies that work for them. She understands the financial, psychological, and physical demands that diabetes can place on individuals and families, and works to support people in finding creative solutions to whatever challenges they are facing.

As a nurse, PeggyEllen keeps up to date on the new medications and technologies that are making living with diabetes easier. As a person with diabetes herself, she has learned to value problem solving, brainstorming, and team work with health care providers. Collaboration is the key to living well with diabetes.