Daniella Knell Q & A
We will be introducing you to the speakers and attendees of the Food Allergy Bloggers Conference by sharing their responses to a few questions. We have asked them to choose to answer 3-5 of these questions:
1. Who do you look forward to seeing/meeting most at FABC and why?
2. Which of your blog posts are you most proud of and why?
3. Which panel topic do you look forward to hearing most and why?
4. What is the best thing about food allergies?
5. What motivated you to start blogging about food allergies?
6. What is the best thing about the online food allergy community?
7. What other blogger would you most like to meet and why?
8. What other blogger has inspired you?
9. What is one of your favorite posts written by another blogger and why?
10. If you didn’t have or deal with food allergies, what would be your 3 favorite foods to eat/try?
I am a food allergy advocate, educator and blogger. My site is Smart Allergy Friendly Education My first passion is in the classroom with children and adults. I have come to realize our youth are much less fearful of having friends with food allergies than their parents. Also, the network of support we can create for our children is life lasting. You can also find me presenting resource awareness classes for parents new to managing food allergies. Having traveled this journey alone for a long time, my goal is to ease the stress for those following behind me. All of these opportunities led to my passion for product and motivational blogging. I am ecstatic to be joining so many other inspirational women and men at this Food Allergy Blogger Conference .
1. Who do you look forward to seeing/meeting most at FABC and why?
After 3 1/2 years of blogging, it’s hard to choose just one attendee I’d like to meet, as I feel I already have so many ‘friends’ in the crowd. I am incredibly excited to meet Jenny and Homa, the organizers of this event. It is their personal passions which have created this opportunity for so many of us like minded entrepreneurs, mompreneurs and community shakers to meet.
2. Which of your blog posts are you most proud of and why?
I present a lot of ‘product reviews’ and am most proud of the editorials I write which are carried through other food allergy channels. My goal is to be realistic yet encouraging through my writings. I get frustrated with those who prey on the fear of living with food allergies. My motivational spirit is to let others know they truly can live life fully. Two of my favorites are: Vacationing Without Your Food Allergic Kids carried by Rudi’s Gluten Free Bakery and No Nuts Moms Group , & the following article carried with different titles: Nut-less and Grateful with AllergyKids, and Keeping Nuts Out of the Classroom with Rudis Gluten Free Bakery
3. Which panel topic do you look forward to hearing most and why?
I am very much looking forward to ‘Honest Pay-Monetizing Your Passion’. Blogging has been an incredible outlet for me, but is just a small part of MY passion. With the right sponsorships, I believe I can take my personal writing and 15 years of motivational public speaking skills to another level. Along with my SAFE food allergy labels, I have several ideas in mind and need just a little help in focusing on how to move forward.
4. What is the best thing about food allergies?
The best thing about living with food allergies is that my children have enabled me to be a better mom. I always knew I wanted to make a difference in others lives.. I just didn’t know how. They focused me. My children are incredibly compassionate individuals because they understand what it’s like to ‘feel different’. At their young ages of 8 and 10, they have been speaking publicly to their peers about their ood allergies since they were both in pre-school.
5. What motivated you to start blogging about food allergies?
What motivated me to start blogging was that I was so tired I finding hidden ingredients in products I least expected. My very first blog was about Crayola Dropz. I was so surprised to find their was lactic acid in this product. My son had rubbed it all over his hands while having fun in the tub. Next thing we knew, he was freaking out because of the itching and hives. That very week I begun my blog! And here I am three and half years later going to my first blogger conference ever! My dream is to NOT just attend, but to be one of the ones inspiring those around us!