Adam Avin

Mental health education advocate, Adam Avin, created the Wuf Shanti Children's Wellness Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization, to teach mindfulness and social emotional learning to children K-12. Adam is certified in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Teens, Kidding Around Yoga, and the Emotion Code. He also has been in publications such as Mindful Magazine, Psychology Today, Tiger Woods Foundation Magazine, goop Magazine, & Chicken Soup for the Soul. Adam has given multiple keynote speeches about getting mindful and social emotional learning programs into our education system, why mental health education is so important to stopping the violence, and using our voice to make a positive difference in the world, including a TEDxYouth. Adam is a Posse Scholar and attends Syracuse University, where he is majoring in Broadcast and Digital Journalism, and minoring in both Sports Management and Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies.