Pavithra joined Dream a Dream’s life skills programme as a young adolescent girl. She was part of the mentoring programme and other life skills initiatives. At the age of 16, she joined as an intern and has grown within Dream a Dream since then. Pavithra is passionate about working with young people and believes in creating the support systems for young people that she didn’t have access to. She completed her graduation in commerce from Bangalore University while working with Dream a Dream. A multi-tasker, she has donned different roles across projects and has proven her ability to adapt herself to a challenging work environment. Currently, she works as Associate Director – Innovation Lab where she is responsible for ensuring and engaging with over 10000 young people along with a 50+ member team, developing various skill development modules for young people. Her mission is to work with young people and transform their lives using the life skills approach. Pavithra also works as a Lead Facilitator training teachers/community workers across Karnataka as part of the Teacher.