GenZ Wellness Summit Pics

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for our SOLD OUT inaugural GenZ Wellness Summit 2024 in partnership with UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute!

Special thanks to our generous sponsors including Selena Gomez and the Rare Impact Fund, Madhappy, Unlikely Collaborators Foundation, Rile Skin Care, UCLA Semel Institute, Postmates, and UCLA Health.

And to our talented speakers and performers, including GenZ celebrities, influencers, musicians, poets, comedians, athletes, and activists, along with our amazing audience of over 1,000 people who came from near and far to join us!

Talk With Zach founder Zach Gottlieb speaking — Talk With Zach founder Zach Gottlieb hyping up the sold-out crowd and introducing everyone to the Summit

Red Carpet with Talk with Zach founder Zach Gottlieb, singer-songwriter Skydxddy, and influencer and musician Jacob Sartorius

Red Carpet with Get Lit performer and artist Tyrus Winter

Metta World Peace and Jocelyn Meza — Former NBA star Metta World Peace and UCLA’s Jocelyn Meza

Youth Phonics a capella singing group welcoming us into the ballroom

The Daily Show comedian Jena Friedman making us all laugh on a Sunday morning

The Big Quiet founder Jesse Israel starting our day off with a calming group meditation

Madhappy co-founder Peiman Raf talking mindfulness and clothing for a community of optimists with The Big Quiet meditation guru Jesse Israel

Influencer Eli Stone, musician Jacob Sartorius, youth media ambassador Jasmine Sorgen, Teenager Therapy co-host Gael Aitor, Talk With Zach founder Zach Gottlieb, and Center for Scholars and Storytellers director Yala Uhls discuss using social media intentionally

Influencer Eli Stone and musician Jacob Sartorius share their experiences with social media

RIVERDALE actor and face of Armani Beauty Lili Reinhart gets real about her personal struggle with anxiety

Artist and queer activist Tyrus Winter performs their powerful poetry

Teen Council member Katie Frohlich and singer Jacob Sartorius share their experiences recovering from addiction

Former NBA star Metta World Peace inspires us with his story

Columbia Records singer-songwriter Clinton Kane makes us feel all the feels

“We’re all in this together” was our theme for the Summit and everyone there seemed to embrace it

Influencer/author Eli Rallo, Talk With Zach Founder Zach Gottlieb, and singer-songwriter Skydxddy talk about healthy relationships

Talk With Zach founder Zach Gottlieb and singer Skydxdaddy on why joyful connection is so important

Skydxddy performs

Our amazing teen council beaming that it all came together after almost a year of hard work

Teen mental health inclusion advocate Johnathan McGee

Teen activists Addison Carson and Montserrat Hildalgo talk about bullying

Josh Chou, founder of Neurodiversity Network at UCLA, activist and Lady Gaga co-author Juan Acosta, and David Geffen School of Medicine adolescent psychiatrist Eraka Bath share their thoughts on mental health and inclusion

Former climate advisor to the Obama White House, Molly Kawahata, on how her earlier struggles led her to a more expansive life

Model and influencer Keighty Schmid, teen body positive facilitator Ava Sassaman-Abrams, and UCLA’s Isabelle Lanser talk openly about body image and eating disorders

TEDx speaker and student student Meera Varma, Mental Health Ambassador for Selena Gomez’s Rare Impact Fund Adia Fadaei, and activist and White House speaker Juan Acosta talk about how we can all become activists in our communities

International DJ and entrepreneur Sam Koch says it all with his shirt: I Told My Therapist About You

So glad our friends from the just keep livin’ foundation joined us

Get Lit closes us out on a high note

What inspired our audience? Here’s what they had to say!