Laura Plunkett

Laura Plunkett is a nationally-known author on raising children with diabetes. She is a columnist for Diabetes Health & Diabetesincontrol.com and an expert on parentingdiabetickids.com.

She speaks around the country on "The Challenges of Childhood Diabetes: Strategies for Raising Healthy Children and "Raising Wholesome Children in a Fast-Food World."

The Plunkett family has been featured on a Parent-to-Parent segment on WHDH-TV and a Hometown Hero profile on WBZ radio. Laura and her mother are co-authors of the book, “The Challenge of Childhood Diabetes: Family Strategies for Raising a Healthy Child.” Laura has a BA in Psychology from Brown University and had a thriving private practice for 14 years before writing her first book.