Simple Acts, Big Impact

Natalie Silverstein, MPH, is an author, consultant, nonprofit founder, and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her book Simple Acts: The Busy Teens Guide to Making a Difference (2022) was written to help adolescents ...more

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Natalie Silverstein, MPH, is an author, consultant, nonprofit founder, and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her book Simple Acts: The Busy Teens Guide to Making a Difference (2022) was written to help adolescents and teens discover their passion and purpose through acts of kindness and service to others. She believes that you don't need to change the whole world to make a big impact. Even the smallest stone thrown into the water creates a ripple. Teens CAN make a meaningful difference - one simple act at a time. Simple Acts, Big Impact is a short, award-winning podcast that highlights and celebrates 'tween and teen volunteers, nonprofit founders, activists, and fundraisers, amplifying these stories and inspiring all of us to take the first step toward making service an important part of their lives.

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Natalie Silverstein, MPH

Natalie Silverstein, MPH

Natalie Silverstein is an author, volunteer, nonprofit founder and passionate advocate for family and youth service. She is the author of two books - Simple Acts: The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back (2019) and Simple Acts: The Busy Teen’s Guide to Making a Difference (2022). After a successful career in healthcare administration and as a non-profit founder, Natalie became the New York coordinator of Doing Good Together, an organization with the mission of helping parents raise kids who care and contribute. In this role, she curates a free monthly e-mail listing of family-friendly service opportunities that is distributed to thousands of subscribers. Along with her husband, she is the co-founder of The Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson’s with GBA, a non-profit focused on finding a cure for Parkinson’s Disease in GBA mutation carriers. She is a founding member of Impact 100 NYC a giving circle that grants funds to nonprofits making a transformative impact in New York City, where she lives with her husband and three children. Natalie holds a master’s degree in public health from Yale University.