Pooja Mehta

Pooja Mehta is an outspoken South Asian Mental Health Advocate, and has been telling her story to audiences across the United States for the last 8 years. Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, Pooja holds a Masters in Public Health from Columbia, and is building a career working in Health Policy in Washington, DC. As a professional with lived experience, she is eager to further the conversation around the role public health and patient perspective plays in mental healthcare and looks forward to changing the way we think and talk about mental health as a society. Her advocacy work has been featured in a variety of podcasts and articles, including NPR, ABC, WebMD, and TEDx.