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Welcome to Spark Launch – a podcast dedicated to exploring mental health challenges faced by neurodivergent individuals and uncovering ways to overcome them by living in our unique strengths. This optimistic series is designed to empower neurodivergents and enlighten neurotypicals about the incredible potential within us all.

Hosted by Chaya Mallavaram, CEO & Founder of Spark Launch, and Mike Cornell, Peer Support Specialist, both passionate about mental health advocacy, we believe that by embracing our passions, we can navigate life's demands with resilience, joy, and authenticity. Through heartfelt stories from a diverse spectrum of guests, expert insights, and practical strategies, we aim to create a harmonious and supportive community where everyone can grow together.

Tune in to Spark Launch to ignite your mind and elevate your essence.
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About your hosts

Chaya Mallavaram

Chaya Mallavaram, Founder & CEO of Spark Launch, brings a deeply personal and authentic perspective to support and advocacy, having lived with ADHD throughout her life. Her journey, marked by both triumphs and challenges, has offered profound lessons along the way. A pivotal moment in her mission came when her son was diagnosed with ADHD at age 15, bringing clarity and renewed purpose to her efforts.

With a background in Accounting, a successful 22-year career in technology, and a life as a self-taught professional artist, Chaya's entrepreneurial spirit, creative problem-solving skills, and deep social commitment have shaped Spark Launch's philosophy and values. Her artistic journey reflects her dedication to creativity and self-expression. Her life now dedicated to fostering support for neurodivergent individuals, their families, and society as a whole.

Mike Cornell

Mike's a believer that harmony lies in imperfection and impermanence - he's equally a believer that Daffy Duck is better than Bugs Bunny and Metallica's St. Anger is actually decent. A geeky, straight edge, introverted, rough-around-the-edges creative who found purpose in peer-support, Mike strives to utilize his lived experiences with suicide, depression, anorexia, and late-diagnosed autism to arm others with the tools he so desperately lacked; acting as a walking marquee to the importance of shared stories and that the capacity for betterment exists within the individual.

In particular, he's a devotee to the potential art and media hold in mental recovery and connecting to the existential parts within yourself.