Pump Girls

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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 of Little Star Records to manage them. Barnum had already worked with performers such as Aretha Franklin, Puff Daddy and Barry White. Soon, the girls were able to release their first, self-named CD.

The Pump Girls have been featured on CNN, Peter Jennings' show, and various other media outlets. They tour all over the United States but live in California. They perform primarily at hospitals where there is a large population of children with diabetes.