Tara Srinivasan

Tara is a rising high school junior and social entrepreneur inspired by an ethos around channeling diverse passions towards outsized societal impact. She is a passionate dancer with a decade of performances across multiple styles, from Bharatanatyam to numerous Western dance forms. At 14, she accomplished her Arangetram (solo dance performance for over 2.5 hours) and has performed at prestigious Indian temples in Guruvayur and Chidambaram where she was conferred the title "Illam Natya Narthagi." She is a member of Hyline, the award-winning Westlake High School varsity dance team.

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Tara has parlayed her passion for her lived experiences around dance into numerous impactful initiatives. She is the author of For I am Me and I am Strong, an illustrated children's book that showcases the importance of resilience and self-identity. Her journey of accomplishment in dance, along with themes of perseverance and embracing cultural diversity, has been portrayed in a soon-to-be-released documentary, Centerstage. Drawing upon the expansive personal benefits she has reaped from her personal journey with dance, Tara delivered a lecture-workshop on the power of dance on teen mental health at 2025 SXSW EDU to numerous educators and youth advocates. She has taught numerous dance camps from orphanages in tribal India with the Miracle Foundation to the Andy Roddick Foundation.

 

Tara is also one of the youngest to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2022 and Everest Base Camp in 2024. Inspired by the porters' role in helping her with this conquest, she founded PeakPower, a non-profit to support initiatives around porter education and gear to enhance their physical health.