Sanjana Karthik

Sanjana Karthik is a grade eleven student from Semiahmoo Secondary. She dedicates her time to volunteering, where she has accumulated over 500 hours and spends time playing badminton and attending choir practice. She tutors, and provides her leadership services to Volunteer Club, Study Circle, and Medhopeful at her school. She reached some of her personal and professional goals, by creating her organization called Your Words Matter To Us, co-founding an upcoming mental health app called myEsprit, and creating mental health campaigns through the BC Youth Council.

Above all, her passion lies in writing poetry, where she writes for Reclamation Magazine, Bc Youth Council, and GenZ Writes. She has had the opportunity to have her work published in various places, and is grateful to say that she has had work read by the Mayor of Whiterock, and shared on Radio Bula Masti.She is so grateful to be hosting her own show on CloseLook called the Reality Is, and is grateful to be able to combine her passion for advocacy, mental health, public speaking and writing all together!