During her career, Amy Levin has taught and created curriculum for students ranging from pre-kindergarten to postdocs. As a university professor at Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri) and Northern Illinois University, she specialized in gender studies and museum studies while teaching courses on literature. She pioneered a class on literature, health care, and human values for students going into the health professions, and she published books and articles relating to her interests. Most recently, she has served as an editor of the British online journal Museum & Society.

Dr Goitseone Tanki Thebe is a registered medical doctor, advisory board member, influential speaker and youth development practitioner with over six years of experience in youth mentorship. She serves as a youth mentor for Girls for Girls Botswana and Global Changemakers Association (GCM), where she is also the Capacity Building and Community Manager. Her work sees her managing an alumni network of over 1,200 youth globally. In her role, she fosters collaboration and meaningful connections among young changemakers, while also instructing a GCM online course on menstruation and sexual reproductive health, impacting over 3,500 youth directly and over 15,000 through cascade training.

Dr. Thebe has facilitated three international youth summits focused on the sustainable development goals and public health. As the founder of The Leader Unleashed Botswana (2020-2022), she organized over 10 workshops on design thinking, financial literacy and digital literacy, benefiting more than 150 young Batswana. Her work exemplifies commitment to youth empowerment, public health and positive societal transformation.

Pooja Mehta is an outspoken South Asian Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Advocate, and has been driving change in communities across the United States for the last 10 years. As a professional with direct lived experience and a suicide loss survivor, she is eager to further the dialogue around the role public health and personal perspective plays in mental healthcare, while leading conversations that change the way we think and talk about mental health as a society.

A child of Indian immigrants raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Pooja’s values of community, compassion, and challenging norms carry through everything she does. Pooja holds a Masters in Public Health from Columbia, and is a leading voice in mental health advocacy thanks to her firsthand experiences ranging from psychiatric hospitals to town halls to Capitol Hill. Her work has been featured in a variety of platforms, podcasts, and articles, including NPR, ABC, WebMD, and TEDx. In addition to serving on the board of Letters to Strangers, Pooja is the President of the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association, serves as the Vice President of NAMI, and is the proud founder of the Raj Mehta Day of Good, an international day of doing good hosted annually on her late brother’s birthday.

In her spare time, Pooja enjoys making stained glass, line dancing, and catching up on TV shows with her cat, Pepper.

Diana Chao is the Founder and Executive Director of Letters to Strangers. She is from a small Buyi village but calls L.A. and London home.

Samantha Ng is the Chief of Staff at Letters to Strangers and a USC Presidential Scholar with research and clinical experience.

Lee McClellan of Filan Advisory is an accountant specializing in small businesses, with experience ranging from KPMG to RSM.

Paul G. Haaga, Jr. is the Chair of the Facebook Oversight Committee, a former member of hte Princeton University Board of Trustees, former Acitng CEO at NPR, and former Chairman of the Capital Group.