Student Leadership

Empowering students to lead peer circles with empathy, active listening, and ethical responsibility.

Student Leadership

Peer Facilitators

H2H is sustained by student facilitators who lead circles, mentor peers, and train new student leaders.

Generations of Leadership

H2H has grown through multiple generations of students carrying circles forward independently, often without the founder present.

Our Peer Facilitators

Dedicated student leaders driving empathy and connection

Eva Smith

Eva Smith is a junior at Rock Bridge High School in Central Missouri. She's the co-president of the Heart to Heart club at her school, and is also on a competitive cheer team in town. In her free time she loves to read and go on late night drives!

Niva Bhandari

Niva Bhandari is a current junior officer in the central Missouri chapter of Heart to Heart. She has a passion for international relations, outreach, and community based activities! Heart to Heart being a mental health volunteering club provides a combination of all her passions, cultivating a space where she can help her peers to be uplifted.

Sahana Gummadi

Sahana Gummadi is a senior at Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Florida. After participating in the 8-week Heart2Heart student empowerment program, she experienced a significant personal uplift from applying the simple, structured practices the course outlined. Inspired to share this program with her community, she secured $3,000 in sponsorship funding to implement it at her school.

Trevor Lowell, MD

I am an Internal Medicine resident in Charleston with a strong interest in Cardiology and cardiovascular prevention. My family is from West Virginia, and volunteering with Heart to Heart reflects both a personal and professional commitment to the health of this community. I am particularly interested in helping children and adolescents develop resilience, healthy habits, and an understanding of cardiovascular health early in life. My hope is that supporting youth upstream can help reduce preventable cardiometabolic disease and improve long-term outcomes across our state.