Build by Experts, Engineered for Impact

Founded in 2022, Alongside is a research-backed wellness platform for K-12 schools that provides personalized coaching for students and educators, resulting in better attendance, behavior, culture, and climate outcomes.

Available 24/7 in 35+ languages, Alongside also offers accurate crisis detection and safety protocols for severe issues, universal screening, and direct on-ramps to human support.

Alongside is a Tier 1 mental health and wellness solution that reaches all students and provides confidential, evidence-based skill-building for everyday challenges with no extra staff, training, or resources required.

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The founders of Alongside previously founded Actively Learn, a K-12 digital curriculum company which was acquired by McGraw Hill in 2021.

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Meet the team

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Dr. Elsa Friis, Ph.D.

VP of Product & Clinical

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Dr. Clarke Heyes, Ph.D.

Sr. Clinical R&D Manager

Dr. Justine Bautista, PhD

Clinical R&D and Safety Consultant

Jay Goyal

CEO

Scott Freschet

Head of Sales & Success

Anish Mehta

Head of Engineering

Joshua Ahn

Sr. Marketing Manager

Jess Bell

Director of Customer Success

Dr. Sergey Feldman

Head of AI

Anastasia Trueman

Sr. Sales Manager

Sierra Jenkins

Customer Success Manager

Lauren Heidewald

School Partnerships Coordinator

Michel Mansour

Senior Engineer

Rajat Kanti Nandi

Senior Engineer

Sai

QA Engineer

Ava Shropshire

Youth Consultant