Theresa Garnero's Resume

·Stand-up comedian

·Authoring a book for the American Diabetes Association

·Director of Diabetes Services, Washington Hospital Healthcare System, Fremont, CA

·Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management, Master of Science in Nursing,
Certified Diabetes Educator, 2005 President of the California Central Coast chapter of the American Association of Diabetes Educators

·2004-2005 National Diabetes Educator of the Year, American Association of Diabetes Educators

·2004 Allene Van Son Award for best diabetes education tool (cartoons from DIABETease)

·Author and illustrator of DIABETease: A lighter look at the serious subject of diabetes

·Defeat Diabetes Foundation cartoonist (Islets of Humor) and columnist (DIABeducation):
http://www.defeatdiabetes.org/isletsofhumor.htm
http://www.defeatdiabetes.org/diabeducation.htm#december2005

·dLife, script writer for the weekly cable television program about diabetes, and regular columnist for dlife.com:
http://www.dlife.com/dLife/do/ShowContent/inspiration_expert_advice/expert_columns/garnero_columns_list.html

·Freelance writer, editor, and cartoonist

·Cover of NurseWeek, May 2004

·Cover cartoon for the Italian Diabetes Association, June 2001
(Organo Dell' Associazione Italiana Per La Difesa Degli Interessi Dei Diabetici)