Colorado Slipstream 2019

Lauren Bongiorno

Lauren Bongiorno is a Diabetic Health Coach and Author of the Diabetic Health Journal. Lauren coaches and creates resources for people with Diabetes all over the world to achieve optimal diabetes management and feel strong and empowered. Lauren's practice is rooted in her 360 degree approach, emphasizing wellness throughout the mind, body, + soul. She believes that through self reflection and mindfulness we are better able to understand our own patterns, achieve our goals, and reform our most limiting habits. Lauren continues to be a leading voice in the online community to her 30k followers, is an ambassador for Lululemon, on the global council for Beyond Type 1, and was recently nominated by Pure Wow as one of the Top 100 entrepreneurs to watch for 2019 for her work in the diabetic space.
Sessions:
Exercise: Increasing Insulin Sensitivity + Preventing lows + highs
Self Coach your way to your best A1C. 5 hacks

Allison Nimlos

Allison Nimlos is a licensed associate marriage and family therapist in Minneapolis, MN. She works in private practice where she specializes in chronic illness, particularly type 1 diabetes. Allison's passion for individuals and families affected by diabetes comes from living with type 1 diabetes for 25 years. Allison also enjoys working around issues of anxiety, depression, relationships and family conflict. Prior to her work as a therapist, she was Assistant Editor at DiabetesMine.com and has been a freelance writer on diabetes for more than a decade. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and toddler son. You can follow her on Instagram at @thediabetictherapist.
Sessions:
Mental Health Q&A
Diabetes Distress and Burnout

Lisa La Nasa

Lisa La Nasa is a diabetes advocate, educator, and low carb diabetes wellness coach. She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2002 and struggled with diabetes management and clinical depression for 13 long years. After the beginning stages of kidney damage and her highest A1c ever, Lisa went searching for answers and what she found ended up changing her life. In 2015, Lisa launched diaVerge.com to teach what she's learned about the low carbohydrate approach to diabetes management. Lisa believes that everyone with diabetes has the right to know how low carb foods can help attain more steady blood glucose levels. Lisa has lived in 4 countries on three continents and has traveled to numerous others since her diagnosis of T1D. She currently lives in Valencia, Spain with her husband and two young daughters.
Sessions:
Intro to Low Carb
How To Low Carb

Daniele Hargenrader

Daniele Hargenrader is the founder of Diabetes Dominator Coaching and Love Yourself to Health Monthly Coaching Membership. She is an entrepreneur, self-love coach, bestselling author, consultant, nutritionist, certified personal trainer, and international keynote speaker. She guides people to cultivate sustainable connectedness of mind, body, spirit wellness intuitively in order to achieve a quality of life they previously thought unattainable utilizing wide variety of self-love practices.
Sessions:
Mindful Mindset Magic: 3 Keys to Massively Improving Your Diabetes Management Practices
Let’s Talk About Sex – Diabetes & Intimacy

Christine Fallabel

Christine is the Director of State Government Affairs and Advocacy for The American Diabetes Association. She covers the rocky mountain region, comprising 9 states, and leads legislative and regulatory change for people with diabetes. Prior to her work at the ADA, she held positions at Colorado Medicaid, the Colorado State Health Department, and was a social worker in Philadelphia before moving out west. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and her Master of Public Health from Temple University. She is currently a Governor Polis appointee on the Council for Active and Healthy Living, serving a three year term. In her spare time, she likes to trail run, hike in thick forests, and cook vegan food with her husband. She’s lived with type 1 diabetes for 19 years.
Session:
The Art of Storytelling to Effect Change

Erik Douds

Erik Douds is a global traveler who shares his and other explorer’s stories through the blog DiabetesAbroad.com. He is on a mission to collect a story and photo from every country in the world, proving that we can go anywhere with Type 1 diabetes. Based out of NYC, his passion lies in international environmental policy where he helps protect natural resources as a Sustainability Manager. Past work has brought him to designing a national park in Ethiopia, researching ocean basins with a NASA oceanographer, and celebrating the new year in the backcountry of New Zealand.
Session:
Adventure Team Trek Recap: Hiking the Chilkoot Trail (with T1Ds)

Lauren Salko

Lauren began alpine ski racing while attending high school in Maine. She continued to compete as a member of the Saint Anselm College varsity women’s team. She raced all over the world and placed in the top 10 at collegiate nationals which earned her All-American status. Post-college, Lauren is competing full-time. She has had many USASA podium finishes including a 3rd place podium finish at the 2018 USASA national championships. Between competitions, she volunteers as an elite coach for Riding on Insulin’s ski and snowboard camps. In 2016, as a member of the Riding on Insulin Endurance Team, Lauren competed at Ironman Wisconsin while fundraising for the organization. Lauren is often accompanied by her diabetes alert dog, Silas.
Session:
Dreams come First

Tina Sartori

Heather Gomez

Dana Howe