Georga must undergo at least four self-administered insulin injections and six blood sugar level tests daily to keep her type 1 diabetes in check.

But this hasn’t stopped her making her voice heard as an ambassador for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Georga will head to Parliament House next Thursday to discuss the disorder.

“I want to raise awareness and get more MPs [Members of Parliament] involved,” she said.

In her quest to raise awareness Georga visited State Parliament last year to share with politicians her everyday experiences with type 1 diabetes and the challenges she regularly faces.

“I think you need a lot more self-discipline when you have it,” she said.

“I make sure I can still do everything but it involves a lot of planning.”

Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease in which the body’s immune system destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.

Georga was only four when she was diagnosed with the disorder after showing typical symptoms such as constant thirst and urination, and bed wetting.

The diagnosis was a shock to Georga’s family.

“I was very vague about diabetes and didn’t know much about it, like most diseases, until somebody you know is involved,” said Georga’s mother Tammy, who was only five days out of hospital with her third child when Georga was diagnosed.

“People look at Georga and wouldn’t realise she has something as serious because it is not visual what it is doing to her on the inside.

“I think the biggest upset was hearing it was lifelong.

“There is a misconception that insulin makes her better, whereas it is only keeping her alive.”

With long-term damage evident in diabetics as young as 25, Georga makes looking after herself her number one priority, which is a concept even most adults tend to neglect.

“Some people are not worried they have the disease and let themselves go,” Georga said.

“I think it is horrible people could do that.”