Biography
Trisha Prabhu is a 26-year-old global responsible technology advocate who is widely recognized as one of the first young, Gen Z voices to rethink our digital status quo–and demand a safer, kinder internet. Trisha's journey began in the 8th grade: at just 13, she invented ReThink, a technology that aims to proactively stop cyberbullying. Since then, Trisha's message to "ReThink hate" has been shared with digital citizens around the world. ReThink has been featured at Google, The White House Science Fair, on the TED stage, and more.
Today, Trisha leads ReThink Citizens, which is working to support a new generation of young digital changemakers in creating the digital world they deserve. By equipping young people with the education to be responsible digital citizens, giving young digital innovators the resources and community to pursue their ideas to make the internet better, and enabling intergenerational conversations about online safety, ReThink Citizens is building a healthier digital world in real time. To date, the organization has impacted tens of thousands of youth across the country. ReThink Citizens has been funded by Young Futures, which is supported by Melinda French Gates' Pivotal Ventures, and the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund, which is supported by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Archewell Foundation.
Trisha is a passionate public speaker and has delivered 120+ talks in cities around the world (including a TED talk) about reclaiming our humanity in the digital age. She is also the author of ReThink the Internet, a first of its kind "by youth, for youth" guide to responsible digital citizenship. She was recently featured in the documentary Your Attention Please, which premiered at SXSW 2026.
Trisha serves on the Issue One Council for Responsible Social Media, the Sustainable Media Center’s Gen Z Board, and as a Board Advisor to the Carson J. Bride Effect. She previously served on the Steering Committee of the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund.
Trisha received her BA summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College. She received a Master of Science and MPP at the University of Oxford, both with Distinction, as a United States Rhodes Scholar. She is now a JD-MBA joint degree candidate at Yale Law School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she is a Knight-Hennessy Scholar.