14: Event Planning with a Life Threatening Food Allergy

Dianne Davis owns an event planning business in Tulsa, OK that plans and executes events all across North America and the islands for corporations and associations. One of their specialties is doing events in nontraditional spaces.

With a life-long allergy to tree nuts and medically-required avoidance to peanuts since the age of 4, she does not know what a peanut butter sandwich tastes like.

"None of us that have this kind of allergy want to have this kind of allergy....I don't want to be made a big deal of, but it's so serious that we don't have a choice."

In this episode, Dianne and I chat about the seriousness of food allergies, lack of safety in events around allergies, cultural and religious preferences, attending events with an allergy and advocating for ourselves.

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