Isha, tell us about what you've been up to and how you're addressing your experience turning poison into medicine.

Yeah, so in November of 2025, I launched the Shared Strength Project, which as you said before, it's a mentorship program for youth and young adults with chronic conditions that actually reduces isolation through meaningful connection.

And yeah, I chose to pair people up based on shared interest because to me, when I was first diagnosed, I think it would have been so valuable for me to understand myself again outside of my illness.

And I think that's something that a lot of people who have been newly diagnosed really struggle with because it is a pretty life altering experience to have to add this piece to your identity.

So I started by outreaching to youth and young adults with chronic conditions across California and then across the U S and I interviewed them and their caregivers and really tried to understand what they experienced on a day to day and how their isolation affected their daily lives.

And so once I did that, I found that this was a huge problem across everybody.

And from literally the age of 30 years old, all the way to eight year olds were experiencing this sense of isolation and disconnect from their peers.

I'm so excited to hear about that part.