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Elle Shaheen
Student, performing artist, diabetes advocate, and trainer of an incredibly lovable medic-alert dog named Coach.
Elle Shaheen is junior at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, NH where she was recently inducted into the National Honor Society. She is obsessed with musical theater and loves to sing, dance and act. Elle is an advocate for better treatments and medical research for type one diabetes and has participated in 5 clinical trials since her diagnosis eight years ago. She lives with her parents, two little sisters and brother and her medic-alert dog, Coach. Coach is trained to detect changes in Elle's blood sugars and helps prevents her from experiencing life-threatening lows. Elle and Coach are the subject of the newly released book aptly titled: ELLE & COACH.