Our Mission

“We dreamed about a day like tomorrow.” ~CoachArt co-founders Leah Bernthal and Zander Lurie . Dear CoachArt Community, From the moment we co-founded CoachArt in 2001, we dreamed [...]

“Art can bring a lot of light to people’s lives.” ~Anthony Menor, founder of Artreach . In 2018, as an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles, Anthony Menor [...]

“Teaching kids ukulele is what feeds my soul.” ~Tony Baclig, CoachArt volunteer coach Tony Baclig of Montebello, a suburb of Los Angeles, spoke with us about his experience as a [...]

“We inspire each other.” ~Linda Wehrli, CoachArt program partner  . “I like going to work because I like my students,” says Linda Wehrli, founder and teacher at Pastimes [...]

“I’d like to teach kids that they can go through anything and still be whatever they wanted to be.” ~Daniela Janin, CoachArt volunteer coach CoachArt volunteer Daniela Janin is [...]

“I want to transfer my knowledge.” ~Linda Williams, CoachArt volunteer coach Linda Williams of Los Angeles spoke with us about her experience as a volunteer coach with CoachArt. [...]

Meet CoachArt Program Manager Jasmin Iraheta Jasmin Iraheta lives in Los Angeles and works as a CoachArt Program Manager responsible for onboarding and one-on-one matching for art lessons and [...]

Meet musician, engineer, and CoachArt volunteer Carlos Mosquera CoachArt volunteers don’t have to be professionals in whatever art or athletic activity they coach — but some of them [...]

Staff Spotlight: Meet Jessica (Jess) Wynn, Your CoachArt Los Angeles Program Manager! Hi! My name is Jessica, but most people know me as Jess. I’m a group program manager on the CoachArt [...]

Giving Tuesday benefit for chronically ill children to feature lessons between CoachArt kids and celebrity coaches. *As seen on PRWeb. CoachArt, a nonprofit organization that matches volunteers [...]