Srihitha Dasari

Srihitha Dasari (she/her) is a youth health equity and mental health advocate, researcher, and social entrepreneur. She is the Executive Director and co-founder of Project No Bounds, a national youth-led nonprofit advancing hygiene equity and health literacy through grassroots action, advocacy, and community-centered storytelling. Since its founding in 2020, Project No Bounds has reached over 50,000 individuals in vulnerable communities across the United States through hygiene distribution, menstrual and broader health literacy programming, and youth-led awareness campaigns. 
 
A neuroscience student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Srihitha’s work sits at the intersection of public health, medicine, gender equity, and systems change. She is a co-developer of PuntoSalud, an AI-powered WhatsApp health access tool co-built with local governments and frontline clinicians in rural Argentina to deliver culturally relevant, locally verified health information and strengthen community access during public health emergencies. 
 
Srihitha also served on the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Next Gen Youth Advisory Council, contributing to national youth mental health advocacy and campaign strategy across NAMI’s network of 600+ local affiliate organizations reaching millions of people nationwide each year. Her research and fieldwork span the United States, South Asia, and Latin America, including community-based maternal health research in India and Nepal and innovation mapping for low-resource health systems. 
 
She has spoken at the United Nations on youth advocacy and health access and continues to champion approaches to care that center dignity, lived experience, and community leadership. Through her work, Srihitha is committed to reimagining systems of care that are inclusive, accessible, and shaped by the people they are meant to serve.