Laurie Silverstein
Founder, Gen Soul Youth
I'm a mom like you, hoping to build a better, more compassionate world for our kids. Raising three raising kids in Los Angeles, I’ve experienced firsthand how essential it is for children to feel seen, supported, and empowered. My inspiration for creating GEN SOUL YOUTH grew from watching my own kids thrive when surrounded by compassionate educators and expressive creative arts. During challenging moments, we were also fortunate to lean on teachers and therapists who offered stability, strength, and heart.
In a world that can often feel unpredictable, I believe that our children need tools that help them feel rooted, resilient, and confident in who they are. Gen Soul Youth was born from this belief—a wellness program dedicated to nurturing our children through mindfulness, movement, and creativity. My mission is to create a space where kids can feel free to express themselves, build emotional strength, connect with others, and grow into the truest version of their souls.
Dalida Haytayan
Mindfulness/Creative Movement
Dalida has had a passion for dancing ever since learning to walk and has been teaching movement for over twenty-five years! Her teaching career began exceptionally early, as a high school student, creating and choreographing performances for the school and community. From there, she was accepted to a dance conservatory in Istanbul to study contemporary dance and then went on to dance with a Canadian company, where she specialized in contact improv style of dancing.
She moved to Los Angeles in 2005 to raise her family, and since then, has taught and created dance curriculums for Campbell Hall, Neighborhood School, Children's Community School, and Westland.
Dalida is also a certified yoga instructor and a member of the National Dance Educators Organization. This year, she worked with somatic movement educator, Susan Bower, to create a dance curriculum that integrates mindfulness with the art of movement.
Dalida hopes to pass down her passion for dancing, movement and mindfulness to the next generation. “Dancing makes me feel alive, strong, and at home in my body – these are the qualities that I work hard to pass on to my students.”
Christina Huntington
Improv, Meditation
Christina is a native Los Angeles writer, artist and meditation teacher. Christina trained in the classics at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and developed her funny bones at The Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade in LA. While receiving her BA in Drama at UC Irvine, Christina was an Arts Bridge Scholar—teaching arts curriculums at local underfunded elementary and junior high schools.
While acting and writing professionally in LA, Christina was a cohort leader for Art of Freelance and taught youth improv classes at Studio LOL. As half of the popular online comedy duo Maddington, Christina contributed original content to MTV, The CW, LOGO, IFC and Funny or Die. Christina’s comedic short film “The Applicant” debuted at the HBO Women In Comedy Festival. Christina is a contributing writer at Destinations magazine, The Lovepost and Sirens + Scoundrels. A lifelong meditator and second-generation meditation teacher,
Christina teaches private clients, group sessions, corporate meditation, workshops and retreats around the world. She has led group meditations at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, the David Lynch Foundation and Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine Adventure of Your Life Cruise. She is currently a meditation teacher at Unplug Meditation and Wildwood Recovery Center in Los Angeles.
You can meditate with her at home on the Simple Habit and Unplug Meditation apps. Christina enjoys photography, road trips exploring the beauty of California, making puzzles and spending cozy time with her cranky senior chihuahua, Daisy.
Stacy Cox
Yoga Instructor
Stacy has been teaching yoga for over a decade and has taught approximately 3500 classes to date. She currently teaches at CorePower and at her home studio. Stacy is also an esthetician and has given over 25,000 facials to teens and moms in Los Angeles. Stacy believes happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
Moriah Stapf
Mindful Therapist and Coach
Moriah is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. She graduated with a master’s in counseling psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Moriahh is also certified in Somatic Psychotherapy, Equine-Assisted Therapy, and Mind-Body Coaching. She infuses each of her sessions with creativity, movement, and nature to support her students’ wellbeing. Moriah’s passion is working with adolescents and young adults as thethey establish their identity and work to feel confident, worthy, and fulfilled.
Yoorie Lu
Art Teacher
Yoorieis a passionate art educator and a mom of a 7 year old girl who loves to create. With over 15 years of teaching experience in both private and charter schools, and equipped with a Bachelor in Fine arts from University of Texas and a Master of Fine Arts in Art Education. She is credentialed in K–12 Art Education in California and has dedicated her career to guiding and inspiring young artists.
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Driven by a love for nurturing creativity, Yoorie founded Piece with a vision to ignite imagination, cultivate problem-solving skills, and encourage self-expression in young minds. By carefully teaching essential techniques and skills in various art media, she empowers students to explore and create with confidence. Through open-ended projects and supportive guidance, Yoorie empowers students to explore freely, build confidence, and discover their own voices.
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Her mission is to create a vibrant, inclusive community where children build confidence in their creative abilities. She believes that children’s creativity today becomes the foundation for tomorrow’s innovators and leaders. Let’s build a vibrant community together! Come visit us at Piece!
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