Our co-founder, Mandana, was exposed to the agonizing emotional and economic hardships of war at an early age.  As she grew older the trauma she had witnessed in her childhood manifested into a deep desire to help other people, and to specifically focus on mental health.  

Mandana’s academic foundation began with physics and psychology and then expanded into the fascinating world of computational neuroscience.  She realized that although these disciplines each aim to understand the mind, they often fail to cross-reference their findings.

Mandana assembled the diverse backgrounds of the Alena team with a shared belief that existing technology solutions in the mental health space do not adequately adapt to the individual. We want to do better. We are committed to continuously developing and combining the newest tools pioneered in machine learning and computational neuroscience to empower our users.

Alena was born from the belief that by bridging the gap between these often siloed fields, we can radically change the way we approach and understand mental health.

Our co-founder, Mandana, was exposed to the agonizing emotional and economic hardships of war at an early age.  As she grew older the trauma she had witnessed in her childhood manifested into a deep desire to help other people, and to specifically focus on mental health.  

Mandana’s academic foundation began with physics and psychology and then expanded into the fascinating world of computational neuroscience.  She realized that although these disciplines each aim to understand the mind, they often fail to cross-reference their findings.

Mandana assembled the diverse backgrounds of the Alena team with a shared belief that existing technology solutions in the mental health space do not adequately adapt to the individual. We want to do better. We are committed to continuously developing and combining the newest tools pioneered in machine learning and computational neuroscience to empower our users.

Alena was born from the belief that by bridging the gap between these often siloed fields, we can radically change the way we approach and understand mental health.

Our co-founder, Mandana, was exposed to the agonizing emotional and economic hardships of war at an early age.  As she grew older the trauma she had witnessed in her childhood manifested into a deep desire to help other people, and to specifically focus on mental health.  

Mandana’s academic foundation began with physics and psychology and then expanded into the fascinating world of computational neuroscience.  She realized that although these disciplines each aim to understand the mind, they often fail to cross-reference their findings.

Mandana assembled the diverse backgrounds of the Alena team with a shared belief that existing technology solutions in the mental health space do not adequately adapt to the individual. We want to do better. We are committed to continuously developing and combining the newest tools pioneered in machine learning and computational neuroscience to empower our users.

Alena was born from the belief that by bridging the gap between these often siloed fields, we can radically change the way we approach and understand mental health.