Diya Sharma
Program Host - Youth MediaDiya is the co-host of YANA LV, WDIY's Youth Media Program show focused on mental health. She is an 11th-grade student at Moravian Academy.
Diya is an individual with a passion for dance, community service, poetry, and multimedia arts. Her journey into podcasting began when Diya teamed up with her close friend, Brannagh, after nearly eight years of friendship. Together, they embarked on a mission to create a podcast centered around their shared interest: mental health. Diya's belief in spreading awareness about mental well-being has been a driving force in her life. Initially, she utilized the expressive art of Indian classical dance as a platform to address mental health issues, striving to reassure her community that they are not alone.
Diya and Brannagh brought their podcast to WDIY as a monthly on-air show — YANA LV (You Are Not Alone Lehigh Valley) — in March of 2024. Now, Diya and Brannagh continue this important mission, to communicate to the members of the Lehigh valley that they are not alone.
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On this episode of YANA LV, Brannagh Breslin and Diya Sharma welcome author Amanda Grieme to talk about writing as a form of stress release and her expression of her experience with bipolar disorder. -
On the debut episode of YANA LV, Brannagh and Diya welcome Herman Abuchowski to talk about his journey with mental health, staying active, and believing in himself as someone with a prosthetic foot.
