Empowering Teens With Music, Meditation & Mindfulness

Join Diya on a journey to build mental resilience, emotional awareness, and inner peace—one breath, one beat, one mindful moment at a time.

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Meet Diya

Teen Mental Health Advocate

Hi! I'm Diya Patel, a high school junior from Apex, North Carolina, passionate about music, medicine, and mindfulness. I’ve published neuroscience research on music-based interventions, volunteered over 200 hours in hospitals, and worked with dementia patients through personalized music therapy. As a certified meditation instructor, I lead mindfulness workshops and founded a teen wellness group to promote mental resilience. Whether I’m singing, tutoring, or researching, I love helping others find calm and confidence—one mindful moment at a time.

Join me on this journey to build a stronger, more mindful generation. Try a challenge, attend an event, or just take a breath—because your well-being starts now.

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Empower Teens with Mindfulness

I help teens feel stronger and calmer using music, meditation, and mindfulness. I use science-backed strategies and compassionate community engagement.

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Diya's Leadership Achievements

DECA President

American Red Cross NC Clubs Welcome Chair

Wake County (ARC) Blood Donor Ambassador

National Student Speakers Association Durham Chapter President and Presidential Board Chairman

Student Council Representative

Science Olympiad Varsity Event Manager of Anatomy and Physiology

Inaugural UPchieve Ambassador

Tutor at Kumon Math and Reading Center

Diya's Research Projects

Duke University Toxicology Wet Lab Research Internship (2024-2025)

Assisted Ph.D. students with their research at the Toxicology Lab; this included designing gene primers and annotating zebrafish microscopic renal tissue images for swollen and unusual histological appearances to study renal toxicity effects from metals and glyphosate.

Neuroscience Research under guidance of Dr.Jobin Varkey, Asst.Prof, University of Southern California

Wrote and successfully published 5000+ word scientific research paper on “The Efficacy of Employing Music-based Interventions to Manage Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Systematic Review of Music Therapy as a Nonpharmacological Method”.

DOI link: https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v13i2.6854.

Immunology Research Internship at BioMediZone

One of the 17 interns selected from across the United States. Research topic explored: Mechanism of Neurosarcoidosis and Pathogenesis from Hypothalamic-Pituitary Dysfunction. Research will be published and poster will be presented (in March)

UNC Nutrition Research Institute Internship

Conducted research on Zeaxanthin and its role in Neural Morphology, Neural Processes, and neurodegenerative diseases, which is published in the UNC NRI 2024 Journal. Earned the coveted position of one of the 25 interns from the US this summer and gained insights from NRI Principal Investigators (Dr. Mooney, Dr. Tate, etc.)

Stanford University Neuroscience Journal Club

Selected into this prestigious club with Stanford University. Worked with Dr. Harris and Dr. Thomas to present research papers to the group. I was one of the four paper presenters in April 2025.