Laurel Felt

Laurel Felt is a learning designer, play and children’s media scholar, and founder of Our Powerful Play, a community that helps families with kids aged 2-6 enjoy fun, enriching co-play so everyone can connect, de-stress, and exercise their minds and bodies. To this work, she applies her background as an early childhood educator, training as an improviser, more than 10 years of experience developing curriculum for organizations like Mattel and the University of Southern California Annenberg Innovation Lab, and extensive education, which includes a master’s degree in child development from Tufts University and a doctorate in 21st century learning from the University of Southern California. Felt lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three-year-old partner in playtime, Sasha.