Orly Wahba

Activist, Athlete, Brainstormer, Change Agent, Educator/Teacher, Filmmaker, Idea generator, Jewish, Musician, Social entrepreneur

Orly Wahba is an educator, entrepreneur, and community activist passionate about inspiring and motivating people to recognize the potential they have to effect change in the world through simple acts of kindness. For over the past ten years, Orly has worked extensively with tweens and teens as well as local charities in her community providing a helping hand for those who need it most. She has worked in conjunction with a vast array of organizations such as Chai Lifeline, Sephardic Bikur Holim, Kids Kicking Cancer and is also an executive member of the World Kindness Movement. She recently left her job as a middle-school educator to found Life Vest Inside, a nonprofit dedicated to spreading kindness and building self-value. Through LVI, Orly encourages people to embrace the incredible power of giving and recognize that in times of hardship, kindness, like a life vest, keeps the world afloat. Orly helps spark acts of kindness with her memorable and viral short film, "Kindness Boomerang†and her famed Acts of Kindness (AOK) cards."Kindness Boomerang" takes us not only on a journey down a street block, but also on a journey to see the strength we each possess to make real change through simple acts of loving-kindness. Orly is often quoted as saying, "Kindness, don't just DO it...LIVE IT!"

Director/Producer/Writer, Education, Non profit organization

Playing drums, doing impersonations (mainly from Disney movies), playing ping pong, trapezing, putting on puppet shows...