Our Team
Avni Balakrishnan
Founder, CEO
Avni Balakrishnan is the founder and CEO of Colors of Mind: Dance, a nonprofit created during her freshman year of high school in response to the rising mental health challenges among youth. She founded the organization to offer dance as a therapeutic outlet for emotional well-being and support.
Wakelyn Malitz
Registered Dance/Movement Therapist
Wakelyn Malitz is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Body Psychotherapist, Dance/Movement Therapist, and holds a Master’s degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology from Naropa University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Dance from Lamar University. Her primary work focuses on creating safe spaces for humans to experience nervous system regulation and optimal brain/body connection and functioning. Wakelyn will be a guide as you rewire and fire new neural pathways through movement and creative expression.