Impact & Timeline
Take a look at how our student-led network has organically grown across schools and countries.
Impact & Timeline
35
Schools Engaged
300+
Reflection Sessions
1200+
Student Stories
2021
Began during pandemic
2022
Grew in Columbia, MO
2023
ADZOU & WNCD Congress
2024
Expanded via HSTA
2025
Gen 2 Florida launch
2026
Gen 3 professional circles
H2H Timeline Story
2021
H2H began during the COVID-19 pandemic as students created small peer circles to cope with disruption, isolation, and rising stress. The focus was on reflection, connection, and supporting one another through uncertainty.
2022
Peer interest grew naturally among middle and high school students in Columbia, Missouri. Students began asking to bring H2H circles to friends and classmates, expanding beyond the original group.
2023
Early curiosity beyond the local community. Laya met with the ADZOU student-led media team at the University of Missouri to explore student storytelling around wellbeing. Later that year, members of the H2H student team were invited to share how peer-led circles could support student wellbeing and help shape resilient future doctors at the World NCD Federation Congress.
2024
Broader access through public programs. H2H was offered through HSTA initiatives in West Virginia, reaching hundreds of students across the state through online and in-person formats.
2025
Second-generation replication. Students independently initiated H2H programming in Jacksonville, Florida, adapting the circle model to a new school environment without direct founder involvement.
2026
Third-generation leadership in health-science settings. Medical and dental students began leading H2H circles focused on resilience, purpose, and wellbeing, including peer-led workshops for health-science trainees in U.S. and international settings.
2026 Highlight
After two years of piloting H2H with hundreds of West Virginia students through HSTA programs, a student leadership team was selected to deliver five days of live H2H circles at the 2026 HSTA Summer Camp for under‑resourced students from across the state.