Heather Tsavaris

During her fellowship year Heather engaged military veterans to figure out how to prevent veteran suicide and increase their own sense of belonging after service. Together they co-designed several new solutions that are being used today. Heather believes that those who are rarely asked are our greatest design resource. They know the problems because they live them. By activating communities of lived experts to address the problems they care most about, we can solve big issues and build stronger communities.

Through her organization, Atoma, Heather is building a world where activating the knowledge, skills and expertise of all of us improves our individual lives and brings together communities to solve the hardest problems our societies face.