Scarlett Lewis
SCARLETT LEWIS founded the non-profit Choose Love Movement™ after her six-year-old son, Jesse, was murdered during the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in December 2012, the worst mass shooting in an elementary school in U.S. history. Scarlett discovered a message Jesse had written on their kitchen chalkboard: “Nurturing, Healing, Love.” These words became the catalyst of a worldwide movement, and a powerful universal formula for helping people become the best version of themselves. When individuals feel good about themselves, and learn tools that enable them to grow through life's challenges, the suffering that leads to many diseases of despair can be reduced and prevented, including violence, mental illness and addiction. Hurt people hurt people. Choose Love For Schools offers award-winning no cost curriculum for PreK through grade 12 teaching essential life skills necessary for thriving. Choose Love also provides no cost programs for homes, communities, caregivers, and athletes. Plus provides professional development and a program for prisons. Choose Love solutions have been accessed in over 16,000 schools across 135 countries and have benefited 10 million individuals. In addition to authoring several best-selling books: Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother’s Journey of Hope & Forgiveness, and From Sandy Hook to the World: How the Choose Love Movement Transforms Lives and two children's books, she is an award-winner including Forbes 50 over 50, Bloomberg 50 & AARP Purpose
