Yali Szulanski - 2023 Robert M. Sherman Young Pioneers Award Recipient

Yali Szulanski is an educational wellness consultant, teacher, and writer. She is the Youth Director of The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, an Educational Wellness Consultant at SAR Academy, and a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Maharat. She is also the founder of The “I Am'' Project/ The Neshima Initiative, through which she integrates emotional wellness practices in schools, camps, and Jewish organizations. She works with individuals, families, and communities to create a shared language of emotional wellness and spiritual fortitude. Yali’s vision is to create healing, inclusive, and evolving spaces that foster individual and community growth. She lives, teaches, works, and learns joyfully in Riverdale with her family.