Daniela Rojas Jimenez

Psychologist with an emphasis on people living with chronic conditions, UACA university. 

Diabetes educator.

Professor of  Vía San Juan diabetes educator’s course and the University of Medical Sciences.

Co-founder of the EDPD program (Education in Diabetes for People with Diabetes).

Global Advocate for T1 International.

Spokesperson, activist and blogger for the Costa Rican and Latin America diabetes community.

Certified psychologist and active member of Hospital Cima, San José.

Organizer of the diabetes youth camp in Costa Rica.

Board member of Día Vida association. Association for people living with diabetes and their families in Costa Rica.

Person with type 1 diabetes for 29 years.

Speaker at the Spanish virtual TypeOneNation Summit, “Language matters.” July 2021. 

Keynote speaker and moderator at the “WHO Informal Consultation on PLWD.” March 2021.

Representative for Latin America at the ¨WHO Global Diabetes Compact¨ October 2020.

Speaker at the ¨WHO Insulin Impossible? Changing the game to save lives ¨ November 2020.

Speaker for the DECA conference - February 2020.

Speaker for the panel ¨Mental Health and Diabetes for Parents¨ JDRF diabetes Summit September 2020.

Latin American representative at MasterLab 2017 and MasterLab 2016 – United States of America.

Speaker at the hypoglycemia panel for IDF - Abu Dhabi 2017.