Anesha Santhanam
Anesha Santhanam is a rising senior in high school from New Jersey, has been a member of FARE’s Teen Advisory Group for 3 years, and is allergic to all nuts, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, shellfish, and penicillin. Anesha has been involved with FARE since middle school and continues to write inspirational blogs for FARE's website. Being a strong advocate for the food allergy community, she founded her own initiative called #GotYourBack to educate, empower, and inspire teens/tweens living with food allergies. Currently, she is working with food allergic teens in over 8 states to implement this initiative. Anesha is also the CEO and Founder of Likeable STEM (www.likeablestem.com), an educational company providing technology training and mentorship for all ages, races, genders, and income levels. Through her company, she donates a portion of her proceeds to FARE. Anesha aspires to be a role model for other kids living with food allergies and to advocate through her company and her initiative to empower the food allergy community.