- Pump Girls
Pump Girls is a musical group composed by three girls, Brittany Rausch (born 1987), Sarah Ann Carey (born 1989), and Debbie Lemus (born 1989), all of whom have Type 1
diabetes .Nicole Shiley Kukuruda was a lead vocalist for the group for a certain time. When her family moved to Kansas, she went on to pursue other interests.All of the girls remain active in diabetes awareness and support across the nation.
Before early
1998 , the three members of the group were going through bouts of teen depression, caused by, among other things, their illness.That began to change when they decided to join as a group in February of that year. A few months later, they hired
H. B. Barnum ofLittle Star Records to manage them. Barnum had already worked with performers such asAretha Franklin ,Puff Daddy andBarry White . Soon, the girls were able to release their first, self-named CD.. They perform primarily at hospitals where there is a large population of children with diabetes.
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