A U.S. native, Mamata Venkat Subramanyam, graduated from Wright State University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and a minor in Spanish. She couples her experience with interest in mental health and meditation with her passion for storytelling and communications, using her Instagram platform as a space to build community through wellness and vulnerability. Mamata’s 2016 TEDx presentation ( • How Meditation Changed My Life | Mamata Ve... , which has been viewed over two million times, utilizes the theme of (inter)action to discuss the application of meditation to internal and external development, and how success in either does not have to come at the cost of the other. Mamata has been practicing Heartfulness Meditation for eleven years and has been a certified trainer for six years. She currently is a communications and events management consultant and is an Editor and Contributor for the Heartfulness Magazine. Follow Student Wellness and Leadership Movement (SWL) on Instagram @swlmovement