Shailee Sankhala is the founder and president of Crossroads Initiative. Stemming from her passion for storytelling and mental health advocacy, she created Crossroads as a way to give teenagers the opportunity of self expression. Through this organization, she hopes to decrease the mental health stigma by appreciating the unnoticed mental struggles that people face in their lives. Outside of Crossroads Initiative, she is also a filmmaker in her school’s broadcast, where she continues to pursue her love for storytelling. Join Shailee and Allene's conversation about the struggles of mental health among high school students in a competitive atmosphere, and hear us tackle the topic of prioritizing mental health over academics or extracurriculars. Listen to how Shailee founded Crossroads Initiative and how she's been using the power of storytelling to spread mental health awareness everywhere.
