Our Team
Ariana Balakrishnan
Founder, CEO
Ariana Balakrishnan is the founder and CEO of Colors of Mind, which was started as a freshman in high school during the beginning of Covid-19, in response to the devastating mental health effects of quarantine.
Jaya
Mahajan
Vice President
Jaya Mahajan is the Vice President for Colors of Mind. Working alongside Ariana, she works with building up Colors of Mind as an organization with the aim of harnessing the power of art to combat mental health issues.
Bethany Sweeden
LPC-AT, ATR-BC, Contracted Art Therapist
Bethany is the owner of Leander Counseling & Art Therapy, which will be celebrating 10 years in Leander this October. She has been providing art therapy since 2003 and specializes in working with adolescents and young adults, she has partnered with Colors of Mind because she believes in the mission and the healing effects of art.
For more information on what an art therapist does, and what art therapy is, visit : https://arttherapy.org/