MEET OUR

Leadership Team

Saisha Pal

2022-Current

President

Saisha is a junior at Dougherty Valley High School in California. A former Youth Board Member for Girl Scouts of Northern California, Saisha advocated on behalf of over 40,000 youth. She is deeply passionate about community impact and devotes herself to serving others through various platforms, whether it’s by leading initiatives, mentoring peers, or advocating for youth-driven change. Saisha began leading Speak to Lead in 2020 as student and has led projects in various roles since then. Saisha’s passion and drive to help the community helped her grow into the role of President, leading Speak to Lead. Saisha has successfully organized multiple projects as President, including the 2020 Talent Show, the 2021 Carnival, the 2022 Winter Toy Drive, the 2023 Bake Sale, and the College Admissions and Youth Mental Health Fundraiser. She likes to sing, debate and spend time with her friends in her spare time.

Vaibhav Somesula

2022-Current

Vice President

Vaibhav Somesula is a junior at Centerville High School, VA. This is his fifth year in speaktolead- Youth leadership program. He got introduced to speaktolead Youth Leadership Program in 2020. He has been part of the program for three years and has led the team in various leadership projects. He was the Youth Secretary in the 2020 and 2021 leadership projects. He led successfully as a Youth President for the 2022 STEAM Career Fair. Outside of school, Vaibhav enjoys public speaking, reading, playing violin, and helping others through clubs such as Model United Nations and tutoring.

Bidhi Pant

2025-Current

Event Manager

Bidhi Pant is a junior at Dougherty Valley High School, located in San Ramon, California.

She has a passion for public health and health equity, and wants to help people around her

learn more about current health issues. She has background on research and writing scientific

papers, as well as presenting scientific posters to a panel of healthcare professionals. She has

won national and regional research poster awards from Project UNITY (a public health nonprofit

organization) and is involved in various volunteer opportunities. Bidhi loves to make art and to

read during her free time. She also likes to play with her cat Cheeto and has a love for nature.

Lucas Tu

2025-Current

International Director: China

Lucas is currently a junior from China in Shenzhen College of International Education. He has a strong passion in Biology and Psychology, and also - helping others. By dedicating himself to volunteering work and sharing ideas with peers, his life gets fulfilled. He likes drinking tea and coffee, and of course, eating delicious food and he cannot live without them! He is exciting to meet new people and if he has a chance to mark myself, he will put reliable on top of his head - and he will perform this way.

Past Mentors

Arjun Aggarwal

2021-2022

High School Mentor

A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Arjun is one of the mentors on the YLP team. For the second phase of the program, the team explored debating and public speaking. With 6 years of debating experience, Arjun gave the team an introduction to organized debate by explaining the rules, assigning topics, and evaluating rounds. Following the second phase, Arjun chose to stick around because he enjoyed being around the kids and wanted to help them with setting up the carnival.

Richa Misra

2021-2022

High School Mentor

Richa Misra is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. She thoroughly enjoyed working with all the kids by practicing public speaking skills, working on the final carnival event, and more. Outside of school, Richa herself enjoys public speaking and helping others through clubs such as Model United Nations and tutoring.

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