Ariela Brodsky makes lemonade from lemons (but watches the
sugar)  Ariela Brodsky makes lemonade from lemons (but watches
the sugar)  04/04/11  Portland, Ore.  Ariela BrodskyClues to
Ariela Brodsky’s career path started to appear as early as age
11, when she was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes. “I
always thought having diabetes was kind of cool. I loved showing
my friends how I pricked my finger and how I used the blood to
monitor my sugar level.”  Ariela’s goal to be a diabetes
educator was formed at around that time, but she concedes that
she took the long way there. “I excelled in math from an early
age, and was initially interested in the engineering of diabetes
pumps.” She enrolled as a biomedical engineering major in her
native New Mexico, intending to seek a medical degree after she
graduated.  However, a short cut appeared through a National
Student Exchange opportunity at Oregon State University in her
junior year. “I was able to take a higher-level class in
Clinical Nutrition while I was t