Sakeena Mihar

Sakeena is the founder and CEO of Savyn, an award-winning social impact venture providing an inclusive digital mental health therapeutics platform providing PTSD therapies in multiple languages. Savyn removes barriers to accessing care and builds inclusive mental health strategies to help refugees, immigrants, veterans, and other trauma survivors heal. Savyn is currently being incubated at Social Ventures Zone at Toronto Metropolitan University and at BioMedical Zone, a partnership with St Michael’s Hospital. Under her leadership, Savyn has won the Desjardins Cooperathon – Social Impact award and Penny Appeal Social Accelerator fund.

Get to know Sakeena Mihar

What are your hopes for the next generation of women in tech?
My hope for the next generation of women in tech is they get equitable access to opportunities to learn, work and make an impact with tech. I hope they become ancestors who open the door for other women to enter and sit at the table like so many have done for me.

What’s the greatest piece of advice you’ve ever received?
What do you want your legacy to be?