Anusha Wijeyakumar

Compassionate Leadership Expert, Best selling Author, Professor and Woman in STEM

Anusha Wijeyakumar MA, CPC, E-RYT, Dip Mentoring

Anusha is the Wellness Consultant for Hoag Hospital, one of the top-rated hospitals in the USA where she leads on integrative medicine and implementing mindfulness, meditation and sleep hygiene practices for maternal mental health programs, early risk assessment for breast & ovarian cancer prevention programs, breast cancer survivorship programs and behavioral sleep medicine programs. Anusha is very passionate about her work in STEM and is one of the first people to create a meditation program to be used in clinical research at Hoag Hospital.

Anusha is an Adjunct Professor and Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow at San Diego State University where she teaches at the Weber Honors College on the intersection of wellness and social justice. DEIB and collective care is at the forefront of her work and she is on the SDSU HSI Campus Advisory Committee leading on student success, academic and liberatory outcomes for the Latinx/e student population.

She is a sought-after motivational speaker and thought leader around the world on compassionate leadership and is an official SXSW Speaker. Anusha has delivered keynotes for health and wellness conferences, Universities, Fortune 500 companies and corporate events across North America and the UK. Anusha has over 15 years of international senior management experience working for Fortune 50, 100 and 500 global corporations, social justice non-profit organizations & private companies in three continents. She holds a BA, MA, Diploma in Mentoring, Certified Professional Life Coach qualification, Yoga Teacher E-RYT and Chopra Certified Ayurvedic Health Coach.

Anusha’s first book Meditation with Intention: Quick & Easy Ways to Create Lasting Peace was released in January 2021 by Llewellyn Worldwide.