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Hassan Mohamed is a 22-year-old who has lived with type 1 diabetes for 14 years and he wants to share what he鈥檚 learned.

Hassan recently contacted us to enquire about our Ambassadors Program, which is gathering a group of diabetes warriors throughout the states to be spokespeople, give speeches, attend events, and support us on social media.

鈥淟iving with diabetes is a process,鈥� Hassan said. 鈥淎s the years go by it鈥檚 getting easier, but only because I know more.鈥�

鈥淚n January this year, I couldn鈥檛 understand why I was having so many lows.

鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 until I was in hospital that an endocrinologist told me I was injecting insulin into muscle, causing quicker absorption into the blood stream than it should be.

鈥淣ow I alternate different sites, but don鈥檛 use the top of my leg. It鈥檚 helped a lot.鈥�

Hassan, whose parents were born in Somalia, would also like to be known among people from his ethnic background who he can help on their journey with diabetes.

鈥淚 want to speak to all people who want information about diabetes or even if they don鈥檛 have diabetes to let them know about it,鈥� Hassan said. 鈥淢aybe I can be of most use in my own community.鈥�

Hassan, who lives with his family including five brothers and sisters, didn鈥檛 have anyone to speak to who knew about type 1 when he was first diagnosed.

Now a Bachelor of Communications student at the University of Queensland, Hassan knows there鈥檚 a lot to learn about living with the condition.

鈥淢y latest HbA1c is 7.8%. Finding out about avoiding muscles when injecting insulin is helping me. I just didn鈥檛 know.鈥�