Jennifer Stone Credits Type 1 Diabetes for Shift From Disney Star to ER Nurse

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 11

Jennifer Stone said ER nursing kept her grounded as she balanced hospital shifts with the revived “Wizards of Waverly Place” franchise, calling the work a sharp antidote to Disney fame.
At 20, a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis and years spent in and out of hospitals pushed Stone toward a nursing degree, turning her experience as a patient into a new career.
Stone described her Disney Channel years as a heightened “high school” environment, with money, feuds and teenage drama amplified by early fame.
Her parents helped impose normalcy during that period—sending her to get a driver’s license and even work a seasonal elf job in Texas during a writers’ strike.
COVID-era hospital work, she said, permanently shrank Hollywood setbacks in importance, leaving her less rattled by auditions, callbacks and other entertainment-industry pressures.