Then I was Free : Odyssey to Hope

Dhwani Pandya is a twenty-three-year-old young Lawyer and Writer for her first book Then I was Free: Odyssey to Hope. She has two homes one where she is currently based and born India and the second where she grew up as a young girl Kenya. She is the Vice-President of Editorial Operations at Libertatem Magazine a legal magazine by Libertatem Media Private Limited based in India that focuses on empowering society through its online legal & political news platform. She is a strong advocate for mental health believing in mental health as a universal human right which led her to co-found The Perennials Foundation a newly established NGO working on mental wellness and mental health awareness having an online presence through its website and social media channels. This book a collection of poems showcases her journey of healing accepting and loving herself during a time that she considers as her hardest and worst period for her mental health as a young teenager.