Here at Aavia we refuse to shut up about our hormones. After years of migraines and missed pills, unexpected periods and unexplained anxiety, rouge zits and random sleepless nights, we needed answers about the misunderstood symptoms of our hormone cycles. So, we went and found them.
We're here to advocate for you and your hormones
We made hormone health better for ourselves, and now we’re making it better for everyone else—because we believe in a hormone journey that’s more open, accessible and actionable.
Hormonal is human and at Aavia we’re here to help you live your best, hormonal life.
Meet the Hormone-Whisperers
CEO & Cofounder
Aagya Mathur (she/her)
Managed to get into UVA and MIT Sloan, but somehow never managed to take her pill 🤔 (read: unexpected periods & whacky symptoms)
CTO & Cofounder
Alexis Wong (he/him)
Hardware genius who built a tesla coil when he was 16 and was granted his first patent when he was 22 🤯
Head of Experience & Cofounder
Aya Suzuki (she/her)
Suffered from menstrual ocular migraines during her engineering & design undergrad days at MIT, but now knows how to mitigate it (thanks to Aavia 😉)
Head of Product
Stacie Velehradsky (she/her)
Struggled with “bad” periods her whole life and didn’t understand her hormones until she met Aavia; now uses her extensive PM experience to build a product that helps others understand their hormones too 💪
Brand & Community Manager
Erin Meskers (she/her)
After 15 years of confusion over severe acne and migraines, Aavia is finally giving Erin answers! Born on the Millennial/Gen Z cusp, she enjoys the best of both worlds 😉
Software Engineer
Joe Donino (he/him)
Loved coding since his time at Columbia, now codes hormone apps for his love (gf)
Product Designer
(he/him)
Ex-Apple designer originally from the Netherlands and now lives with his wife and newborn 👶 in SF
Meet our Advisors
OB/GYN
Dr. Staci Tanouye, MD, FACOG (she/her)
A superhuman who is somehow an OB/GYN, mom, and viral TikToker all at once
Reproductive Psychiatrist
Dr. Uma Lerner, MD (she/her)
Board certified (read: badass) psychiatrist with a special focus on women’s mental health
OB/GYN
Dr. Danielle Wright, MD, Capt., USAF (she/her)
Assistant Professor in the Department of OB/GYN in Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences 🎖️