Creative Arts Team

J.Isaak Johnson is a 24 year old multi-talented creative influencer. A versatile hip-hop artist, writer, and producer. He was raised in a musical household and showed promise in the arts at an early age, playing the drums in church then later learning the keyboard. His baptist roots influenced his overall sound.

Though J.Isaak’s talent’s are not limited to his musical abilities. J.Isaak has received training as an actor and received tutelage at Juilliard, The American Musical & Dramatic Academy, NYU Tisch Future Theatre Artist Program, The School Of Creative And Performing Arts, and The Affordable Masterclass Program.

His purpose in life is to use his gifts & talents to positively influence his generation. He is more than an “entertainer,” because of his ability to communicate truth through various creative art forms he is a “edutainer.” 


Markeda Young is a creative educator and entrepreneur from Philadelphia, PA, now residing in NYC. Markeda has successfully managed several large accounts along the North Atlantic region and some of her expertise includes fashion design, brand management and leadership development.

Markeda has earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communications and International Business from Penn State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Fashion from the Academy of Art University. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Markeda has worked with children and adults of many ages, showing them how to create and brand their own business. She has led seminars for large department stores and enjoys public speaking. At a young age, Markeda understood the healing powers of art and music. In her spare time, she loves to paint, up-cycle vintage clothing and write music.


Jenny Sauer-Klein is an internationally renowned teacher, coach, director and speaker. Her specialty is the design and delivery of transformational live events, from workshops and trainings to festivals and performances. She has dedicated her life to gathering people in real space and time and leveraging the power of collective consciousness to create radical positive change. She feels like the best version of herself when she is leading groups and is a self-proclaimed transformation junkie.

Jenny grew up in New York City, seeing shows on Broadway, and crying at the end of each one because she was so inspired every time. She has been living her life on stage since age 5, and graduated magna cum laude from Emerson College with a BFA in musical theater. She collaboratively created and performed in 2 full length shows with BoxTales Theatre Company at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, California. She recently artistically directed the Wanderlust Spectacular, a fully original hour long show, known as the “the Cirque du Soleil of yoga”, touring internationally with the Wanderlust Festival.

As the co-founder of AcroYoga, Jenny has successfully developed a thriving international brand, community and organization from scratch. Over the past 14 years, she has trained tens of thousands of students in over 20 countries, and has certified hundreds of teachers. This movement, now with hundreds of thousands of practitioners on six continents, has been deemed a “global phenomenon” by Yoga Journal Magazine.

She is also the founder of The Movement Blueprint, where she works with mission-driven entrepreneurs and founders to create their own micro-movements and create a massive ripple effect with their message. She leads programs with help leaders learn how to rock the room and design powerful live events.

She is a regular presenter at events such as Yoga Journal Live, Wanderlust, Wisdom 2.0, Asia Yoga Conference, German Yoga Conference, Caribbean Yoga Conference, and Camp Grounded as well as at esteemed venues such as Esalen, Omega and Kripalu. Her work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Yoga Journal, Origin, Newsweek, Shape, and Elle.


Charles Barbieri has been working for the past 28 years of creating joyful times of children in kindergarten afternoon programs and after school activities. He has a Masters in Environmental Education and Peace Education. His interest include; building a global holistic educational experience for children; introducing non violent compassionate communication techniques to children; doing mindful parenting workshops for the past 16 years and Nature awareness education. Last year for the celebration of MLK day he created 20 jump ropes with elementary school children and created artwork to send to schools around the world encouraging world peace via “jump roping” all over the globe. Charles will be involved in creative classroom curriculum development for the elementary students and a workshop for parents on mindful parenting.


Lisa Benson - Mission Be

Lisa Benson draws from a wealth of experience. She was a stockbroker on Wall Street from 1983 to 1988, both in institutional and retail sales. After her second son was born, she started teaching, and she successfully implemented a grammar curriculum into Chesapeake, Virginia middle schools. Moving to Fire Island, New York, she started a food co-op and wrote a manual for women’s gatherings. Later, she was the Managing Editor of the Fire Island Express, now the South Shore Monthly. Lisa is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and has been teaching this fountain of healing for over 20 years. This mother of two artistic, talented sons teaches mindfulness to teachers as well as students and is currently writing a book on mindfulness tips for teachers. Lisa currently teaches high school English on Long Island, teaches Yoga in Ocean Beach, Fire Island, and is an active member of the Ocean Beach Community Fund which raises funds for the communities of Fire Island.

Lisa will be assisting with editing the classroom curriculum and written materials. She will also be assisting in sub-committees on the creative end, as well as implementation in her own classrooms.


Makana Curtiss is a singer/songwriter based in the Santa Cruz area. Her music is about personal growth and the strength of the human spirit. She is also a member of Mission Be’s mindful music program and will be bringing original music to schools throughout Northern California.

She has danced semi-professionally in Santa Cruz for the last five years and helps to coordinate events at reputable venues such as the Mah Museum, The Tannery World Arts Center and The Kumbwa Jazz Center. She is currently​ study theater arts at UCSC in the Fall of 2017. Makana is passionate about children, music, and meditation, which is the reasons why Mission Be is the perfect avenue for her to share her gifts and to be of service in the world.