Helping Our Planet Earth
Leadership Advisory Board
A team of leading industry professionals dedicated to youth empowerment for mental health action.
Strategic Marketing Manager
Manish Bhatt
Manish Bhatt MBA FCIM MCMI MIoD is a distinguished marketing executive with 25 years of global marketing and business development success. As a Chartered Marketer, Mentor, NED and Advisory Board Member CMO Council, Manish has exceptional leadership skills, strategic thinking and a profound ability to drive growth. Award Winning Mentor Manish is dedicated to help young people grow, develop leadership skills, improve Mental Health and Wellbeing globally.
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Location: Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and US
Executive Director
Aaron Stryker
Aaron is a co-founder and executive director of Dharma Gates, a nonprofit making deep meditation practice accessible to young adults. Since founding the organization in 2019, he has scaled it to serve over 1,500 young adults over 24 multi-day meditation retreats and numerous other programs. Aaron holds a Philosophy degree from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He has spent four years living in various Buddhist communities, including spending a cumulative year in silent meditation retreat since 2019.
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Location: US
Technology Education Specialist
Monica Leung
Monica Leung (MSc, BEng) is the Founder & Director of Blueinno Technology Limited, specializing in inspiring youth through STEAM education and fostering entrepreneurship. With over 15 years of R&D experience in the innovation technology industry, she holds a Master’s in Electronic Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Monica has guided over 10,000 students to develop technology and entrepreneurship skills through innovative programs. She volunteers with HOPE to promote youth mental health, driven by her belief in fostering resilience and balanced growth.
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Location: Hong Kong
Clinical Advisory Board
A team of experienced registered mental health clinicians passionate about youth mental wellbeing who support us in what we do.
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Julia Andre
Dr. Julia Andre, a Registered Clinical Psychologist (HCPC) and Accredited Applied Practice Supervisor (BPS), specializes in holistic trauma treatment, focusing on complex and invisible trauma. With a PhD in Psychology and advanced training in trauma care, she provides services across Asia. She receieved the CREA Global Award for her contributions to sustainability and mental health.
Location: Hong Kong, Indonesia
Consultant Psychotherapist & DBT Trainer
Dr Christine Dunkley
Dr. Christine Dunkley, DClinP, is a Consultant Psychotherapist, author, and international speaker on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness, and emotional pain.
Vice President of the Society for DBT and honorary lecturer at Bangor University, she has over 30 publications and extensive experience training mental health professionals across Europe, the US, and New Zealand.
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Location: United Kingdom (UK)
Mental Health Counsellor
Catt Kleyn
Catt is a mental health counsellor (HKSCP, HKPCA, ACA) who takes a compassionate and culturally inclusive approach to wellbeing. Her approach to counselling stems from CBT, ACT, and client centered counselling (CCC) modalities.
She also honours her South African heritage through Ubuntu - The belief that we are defined by our compassion and kindness towards others. "I am because we are". She is committed to accessible wellbeing and also supports mental health initiatives at The New Normal Hong Kong (HKNGO). ​ ​
Location: Hong Kong
