
You wouldn’t know it by looking at them, but Robert Brown and Charlie Kimball share a life-altering diagnosis: Type 1 Diabetes. Robert (left), who was diagnosed nearly eight years ago, has taken on an active role with the Houston Gulf Coast Chapter of JDRF, including mentoring younger kids when they are diagnosed, and raising money for the local walk (more than $70,000 to date). He said, “If I didn’t do anything about it, it could beat me, and I don’t like to lose.”


