Macey Shofroth

Macey Shofroth grew up in Monticello, Iowa, where her family has lived for three generations. She has two older brothers and an older sister and spent much of her childhood keeping up with the big kids and their activities. Small-town living made for a peaceful, relatively safe experience growing up, but Macey never quite felt like she fit in. She attended the University of Iowa to study Journalism and English. Today, she lives in Norwalk with her husband, Matt, and two cats, Roxie and Rosie. She works as CultureALL's Marketing Coordinator and manages a Substack, THE MIDWEST CREATIVE.‍

At age 5, Macey began to experience unexplained health issues. These issues ultimately led to her diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes, an auto-immune disease that causes the pancreas to no longer make insulin. She and her family learned how to care for her condition and help her live as normal of a life as possible. The disease led her to Camp Hertko Hollow, a camp for kids with Diabetes, which quickly became her favorite place in the world. Here, she met some of her best friends and even fell in love with Matt, who has had Diabetes for 26 years and is now the Programs Manager for the camp.