SPEAKER. LEADER. ENTREPRENEUR.

Sarah Shelke is an Indian-American mental health advocate working to make mental health care accessible for youth worldwide.

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After navigating a family member’s struggle with depression at 13, Sarah founded the nonprofit Mind4Youth two years later. Since then, Mind4Youth has united 22,000+ youth volunteers and raised over $517,000 to expand free mental health support, therapy access, and educational resources for teens globally.

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Sarah has spoken before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, advocated for health legislation on Capitol Hill, and supported legislation introduced in the Virginia State Legislature. 

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For her work, Sarah was named the youngest 2024 International Children’s Peace Prize Top 3 Finalist, a recipient of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, and has been featured by Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation.