Aanchal Vash
Nominated for the award: Community Activism
Company: Reach Out Together Foundation
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Biography: Aanchal Vash. has been an inspiration for the last 4 years. She quit a well-paid job in 2016 after her twin brother passed away to Suicide in Toronto and ever since has been the voice for people to break existing stigmas within several communities.
She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Reach Out Together, a Canadian not-for-profit organization, dedicated to helping people maintain positive mental health by raising awareness through education and outreach for mental health care.
In the last 4 years, she has organized and spoken at over 60 events with speakers from 28 countries across 6 continents with a total reach of over 40,000 people. She has appeared on a few media channels including – ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CBC Metro Morning News, 680 News as well as on Hollywood Live TV Show interviewed by legendary, Jack Canfield (Author, Chicken Soup for the Soul book series).
Her passion to make the world a better place radiates through her personality and her relentless advocacy work.
Some of her accomplishments in the last 2 years:
- Amazon's Bestselling Author of Success Strategies co-authored with Jack Canfield (Author, Chicken Soup for the Soul book series), January 2020
- Editor's Choice Award for Success Strategies, January 2020
- EXPY Thought Leadership Award: The National Association of Experts, Writers & Speakers®, Los Angeles, September 2019
-Community Development Award, The Gown: African Scholars Award, University of Toronto, October 2019
- As Seen On ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CBC Metro Morning News, 680 News, Hollywood Live TV Show