Biography
Srika Balabommala is a junior in high school with a passion for youth mental health, digital policy & more, and serves as a member of Headstream's Co-Creator Club. As an Activation Team Co-Lead at Work2BeWell, she leads advocacy and outreach efforts in order to create mental health change within students across the country & in her role at Strong365, she provides feedback on mental health advocacy campaigns from organizations & universities like the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University & Mental Health America. She has also deepened her understanding of mental health through her previous Fellowship at Nunchi, and has learned a lot about digital policy & guidelines through her participation on the Canadian Digital Governance Council's Youth Advisory Board. In this program, Srika is focused on bringing youth voices to the larger digital industry & hopes to be able to create a better digital landscape for young people. She believes that mental health and the digital world directly correlate for many people, but also believes in the power of youth voices in shaping the technologies used by them to improve digital well-being.
