Our Founder
Yesha Sacatani
Executive Director, Founder, & YEB Chair
Yesha is currently studying at UCLA as a Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology major on the pre-med track and is heavily passionate about mental health and self-love advocacy and emphasizing the importance of resilience despite the negativity in our society. Other than SLH, Yesha enjoys piano, singing, reading, journaling, and volunteering.
Through SLH, Yesha strives to remind others that they are not alone, and that they are surrounded by people who love them despite their flaws. She also aims to unite youth around the world to spread the importance of self-love, and that deep down in our hearts, we all hold the resilience to put ourselves first.
26-27 Youth Executive Board
Mia Bonalba
Co-Chair
Mia is a senior at American Canyon High School, where she plays the marimba and violin for their music program. Her hobbies consist of crocheting plushies, trying different cooking/baking recipes, dancing, reading, and playing the piano.
Self-love is especially important to Mia because she understands how hard it is to go through the trials and tribulations of life when you aren't confident in your own abilities. Having a heart of love for yourself is crucial not only for yourself, but for allowing others to care for you too. She hopes to inspire others to learn how to be kinder themselves through SLH!
Selah Ignacio
Volunteer Coordinator
Selah is a junior at American Canyon High School, where she is involved in the marching band and orchestra. She hopes to pursue a career in clinical psychology and play in her band, Spider-Lily as a side hustle! Her hobbies consist of playing guitar, bass guitar, drums, violin, and attending concerts and theater shows.
Selah believes self-love is important to being able to truly be at peace with all parts of yourself and your life. When you learn to accept yourself first, both the aspects that we proud of and those that we would rather hide away; we can then carry on that acceptance and love to others who may really need it. Selah strongly encourages to never change for anyone or anything at the cost of your authenticity; always keep your peace.
Natalie Le
Volunteer Coordinator
Natalie is a junior at Live Oak High School, and plans on pursuing a career in business marketing, specifically fashion. Her hobbies consist of hiking, sketching, and reading! She loves learning about new things and is always open to exploring new concepts.
Self-love is important to Natalie because having confidence in yourself is gonna help propel you forward in life. To Natalie, self-love also means perseverance and finding happiness. She has seen firsthand how negatively teenagers nowadays view themselves and therefore hopes to help others practice self-kindness.
Eesha Mehta
Leadership Coordinator
Eesha is a senior at Canyon High School, and her hobbies consist of horseback riding, working on starting her company, LumenEars, and tutoring kids! She plans on studying business in college and loves animals, her friends, and sports.
Self-love is important to Eesha because she believes it’s easy to get caught up in comparing yourself to others or putting pressure on yourself to always do more. She's learned that being proud of who you are and giving yourself the same kindness you give other people is really important. To Eesha, self-love is about accepting yourself while still giving yourself room to grow.
Brielle Sacatani
Events Director
Brielle is a senior at American Canyon High School, and is passionate about public policy. She loves music and writing, and her favorite pastime is to be with her friends and show them how much she love them!
Beyond touching on social issues, SLH does a great job at finding young people like her YEB peers that are true humanitarians. She believes that SLH will help bring awareness to the social issue of our youth being so disconnected in an online and virtual world. Brielle enjoys being on this team because everyone has their own individual qualities that reflect onto the actions they voluntarily take helping others.
Hasika Vari
Events Director
Hasika is a junior at Walnut Grove High School, and is also one of the SLH Dallas Fort Worth chapter leads! Her hobbies consist of reading, shopping, spending time with family and friends, and listening to music. She also enjoys robotics and coding, and hopes to pursue engineering in college.
Hasika strongly believes that mental health is important and that taking time to recharge and do things you enjoy is essential. She's excited to be a part of SLH and hopes to help create a supportive environment where everyone feels comfortable being themselves and prioritizing their well-being!
