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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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.