About
Our Mission
At Where Emotions Flow, our mission is to provide a safe space for teenagers to express their emotions, receive support, and gain the skills to navigate through life's challenges. We are dedicated to promoting mental well-being and emotional intelligence among the youth, ensuring that every teenager feels heard, valued, and empowered.
Meet the Team
Lakshita Arora
Founder & Executive Director
Lakshita is a youth advocate and After realizing how many teenagers, herself included, never had the words for what they were going through, she built Where Emotions Flow into an international organization reaching over 384,000 people across 60+ countries with 15+ chapters. Lakshita believes emotional literacy is a skill every teenager deserves to learn, not something they have to figure out alone.
Noor Uppal
Creative Director, Blog Writing
Noor is a rising senior based in Texas. She enjoys utilizing creative outlets to help make mental health conversations more engaging and accessible to teens.
Estelle Ignacio
Creative Director, Blog Writing
Estelle is a high school junior based in California. She's excited to be a part of Where Emotions Flow with a brand new community as a Creative Director for the blog writing division.
Nivedha Thivaharan
Creative Director, Graphic Design
Nivedha is based in Canada. At Where Emotions Flow, she helps lead our team of graphic design interns and support our mental health awareness initiatives for teenagers. She's also a Fellow with the SEVAH Pediatric Neuroinclusion Fellowship, researching the neuroscience behind ADHD, and she stays busy outside of that as a competitive dancer and an Assistant Director of her school's Announcements Team. She's passionate about youth advocacy and mental health.
Alexis Dinh
Creative Director, Mental Health Content Creation
Alexis is currently a junior in high school. Some of her hobbies include swimming and playing the piano. She's interested in majoring in psychology and is currently based in Orange County. Alexis loves hanging out with her friends and making new memories!
Demoy Esty
Chapter Director
Demoy is a high school student who stays pretty involved in his school and community. At school, he's involved in student council, band, and other leadership opportunities, and really enjoys being able to work with others and help make a difference in his school community. Outside of school, Demoy enjoys spending time with friends and family, being involved in his church and youth programs, music, traveling, and taking on new opportunities that allow him to grow. Demoy is always looking for ways to learn, connect with people, and make a positive impact wherever he is.
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Natalia Wyborska
Chapter Director
Natalia is a student in her junior year of high school, based in Warsaw, Poland. Outside of school she loves musical theater, singing and piano.
Amaryllis Barajas
Communications Director
Amaryllis is a senior in high school and based in California, USA.
Makayla Davis
Communications Director
Makayla is 14, and a junior in high school! She loves listening to music, spending time with family and friends, and meeting new people. She's located in California.
Gracia Kuang
Outreach Director
Gracia lives in Canada, and loves to learn new hobbies and try new things along with her friends and family. Her favorite food in the world is sushi (kind of) and she loves cats. Fun fact: she doesn’t really like the feel of sunscreen, so she doesnn’t go outside often except for school and events. Gracia is bilingual and is currently learning new languages such as French and Dutch!
Khushi Sanghavi
Outreach Director
Khushi is from California and loves the beach and sunsets. She joined Where Emotions Flow because she wants to help people with their emotions.
Alyssa Pendon
Marketing Director
Alyssa is a high school senior from the Chicagoland area who is passionate about building communities where young people feel seen, supported, and empowered to make an impact. She enjoys combining creativity, storytelling, and strategy to help organizations grow while making opportunities and resources more accessible to others. Through her work with youth-led nonprofits, Alyssa hopes to create spaces where students can connect, learn, and lead with confidence. In her free time, she loves reading, writing, running, exploring new places, and spending time with family and friends.
Baibhav Shrestha
Marketing Director
Baibhav is currently based in Nepal, and enjoys creating things, meeting new people and turning ideas into something meaningful. He's passionate about youth advocacy, mental health awareness, technology and storytelling. Baibhav is always curious to learn from different perspectives and find new ways to use creativity and technology to make a positive impact.
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Simone Goff
Marketing Director
Simone is always been passionate about mental health, and baking became a form of self-care for her while also allowing Simone to bring joy to others through her treats. She's based in Menifee, California.
Bella Hsieh
Podcast Director
Bella is based in Taichung, Taiwan. She has a deep passion for mental health and public health advocacy. Some sectors she's especially interested in are adolescent health risk-taking and immigrant mental health. Bella has been the Podcast Director for Where Emotions Flow since January, and she's had great pleasure working with the team alongside Sonar, the other podcast director, and she herself has had experience in organizing her own podcast, Breaking Mental Borders. Outside of this theme, Bella enjoys doing Model United Nations, watching movies, and collecting smiskis. For WEF, Bella, with Sonor has published multiple episodes focusing on teenagers' mental health, revolving around passion projects, love, or other relatable topics. If you wish to listen, head over to our Spotify for a peek! Reach out to Bella via email (beebella.1213@gmail.com) or Instagram (@prettypeii) if you have any inquiries about being a podcast intern or are interested in collaboration.
Sonor Tse
Podcast Director
Sonor is from Mongolia. Her hobbies are mix of multiple things, because she just starts one thing then picks up the next. Currently, she really likes baking, debating and watching tv shows, anime. She chose to work with Where Emotions Flow due to how structured the organization is and the positive environment they made.