We are working diligently to create as many meaningful legacy project booklets as possible.
Bijou Basu: President, Founder
Bijou Basu is currently an MD-PhD student, who founded the nonprofit during her first year of medical school. After her grandfather passed away, she came across a video recording she made in middle school where she interviewed her grandparents. While researching the intersection between story telling and end of life care, she learned about Dignity Therapy and decided to create this organization based on its principles. Since then, we have expanded to create books for patients with chronic diseases as well. Bijou intends to go into Neurology and is pursuing her PhD in Genetics.
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Hannah Nakatsuka: Vice President
Hannah Nakatsuka has always been passionate about helping others. She began working in hospice in 2018 and understands the importance of giving end of life patients an opportunity to tell their stories. She has seen first hand how important maintaining dignity at end of life is. With her extensive experience in hospice, fantastic writing abilities and compassion, she is an asset to our team.
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Anjani Ludu: Director of Operations and Administration
Anjani Ludu, even as a toddler, knew that she wanted to dedicate her life to helping others. Throughout high school and college she volunteered at Harborview Medical Center, a level 1 trauma hospital, where she listened to countless stories throughout all departments of the hospital. As an aspiring Public Health and Hospital Administrative masters student, she is beyond excited to join No Longer Voiceless and help families and communities have a physical legacy of their loved one for years to come.
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Ashley D’Costa: Director of Finance
Ashley D’Costa rediscovered her fervor for healthcare after undergrad when she began work as a care manager in a senior assisted-living home. There, she has gained ample experience working with residents near end-of-life, specializing particularly in dementia care. Seeing the way in which chronic diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and ALS impacted the legacy of her own relatives too, she believes wholeheartedly in the mission of No Longer Voiceless, and is dedicated to contributing her skills to its success.
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Emily Krueger: Volunteer Director
Emily Krueger is passionate about serving others in their times of need and is currently pursuing a medical degree. She began volunteering as a hospice patient visitor in 2016 and was humbled by each of her patient’s stories and appreciated the role she could play during this special time in their lives. Emily recognized the power and comfort a listening ear can bring and is committed to helping those nearing end of life share their stories and legacies with loved ones.
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Christopher Melendez: Director of Marketing and Communications
Christopher Melendez is a marketing professional who previously worked at Google, where he served as the voice for small businesses. Growing up in a family of doctors, Chris always wanted to combine his passion for business with medicine. Now, he is using his experiences to help people tell their own stories through No Longer Voiceless.