Hi, my name is Brayden, and I’d always struggled with expressing my feelings until I found art. I found that the emotions that were hard to articulate through words could be expressed in my drawings.

Coming from a school that encourages and provides both mindfulness education and art, I know that I am blessed. This isn’t the case for the surrounding communities. With this knowledge, I started Art Changes Lives: introducing students to the wonders of art and how it can be a vessel for mindfulness. We have been super excited to partner with Levantár in Redwood City, California; Doshisha Kori High School in Osaka, Japan; and The Boys and Girls Club of Llorens Torres in Puerto Rico!