Ava Pakravan

Ava Pakravan

Founder & President
Ava is a high school student attending Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Ever since she was four years old, Ava has been a passionate artist. She enjoys creating artwork that shines light on society’s imperfections to promote action toward a better future for all. 
 
Some of Ava’s favorite art mediums include graphite, charcoal, and acrylic paint. She is working on a vast art portfolio centralized around depicting individuals candidly. Her mission is to illustrate the true emotions which she sees. 
 
Noticing the lack of access to mental health resources in her home-state and understanding the therapeutic outlet art can provide, Ava decided to instill her passion for making art in other children. She wanted to provide Hawaii’s children with a space to find resilience, calm their thoughts, and heal through the power of art. Ava founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Art2Wellness, dedicated to children’s well-being.

Anika Wida

Vice President

Anika is a high school student attending Punahou School. Along with loving all forms of art and being unable to pick just one, she loves participating in sports like cheer, diving, and track. She joined Art2Wellness because mental health is a very important thing to her, and she wants to offer creative ways to approach this problem, along with fueling creativity.

Daniela Goddard

Mentor and Advisor

Director of Punahou School Luke Center for Public Service

Ian Watanabe

Volunteer

Ian is a high school senior who attends Punahou School in Hawaii. His favored art mediums are digital and ink. He helps run the Artists and Writers club at Punahou, and learned about this opportunity from Ava. He decided to contribute his work to the Student-Produced Coloring book project to provide people with a creative outlet.

Naia Komori

Volunteer

Naia enjoys spending time with friends and family, reading, and crafting in her free time. She volunteered for Art2Wellness because she believes in and supports their mission of improving youth mental health.

Lyric Kensington Ono

Volunteer

Kensington is a high school student at Punahou school. She participates in dance and plays the piano. She is passionate about art, being creative, and enjoys crafting and sewing. Kensington loves visiting art museums and her favorite art museum is the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. She joined Art2Wellness because she loves the idea of using art to improve the health of others.

Kyla Nakashima

Volunteer

Kyla grew up doing arts in crafts with her family, but also likes playing volleyball, paddling, and baking. She enjoys helping at Art2Wellness because she believes in their mission and also values helping Hawaii’s youth through promoting mental health solutions.

Realizing that mental health is increasingly becoming a youth crisis disproportionately affecting Hawaii, Art2Wellness, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, aims to raise awareness about the crisis and provide Hawaii’s children with the access to therapeutic care readily available in other parts of the nation but less accessible in Hawaii. Art2Wellness offers children a way to access the arts and art supplies, allowing them to express themselves and ease their thoughts.