Kim Wimmer is an educator, actor, singer, and recording artist who promotes positive education and talent-based service in the performing arts. She holds a Master's degree in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and teaches at the Young Americans College for the Performing Arts. Her research focuses on integrating positive psychology into arts education to foster resilience and well-being among performing artists.

1. Kim Wimmer
MAPP
PROFILE
Educator, actor, singer, recording artist, speaker.
Promoting positive education and talent-based service in the performing arts.
EDUCATION
The University of Pennsylvania 2016
Master of Applied Positive Psychology
Birmingham-Southern College 1994
BA in Musical Theatre, Psychology Minor, cum laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Young Americans College for the Performing Arts, Corona, CA 2010-Current
Theatre Department Chair
Created, designed and implemented department curriculum.
Subjects taught - Introduction to Acting, Scene and Character Development,
Advanced Acting, Musical Theatre, Director’s Series, Survey of Theatre
Lead Singer, The Band Clockwork 2003-2009
In residence, Bellagio, Las Vegas 2005- 2008
In residence, Mirage, Las Vegas 2003- 2005
Performed at hundreds of corporate, private, and public events.
Professional Actor since 1993
Starring credits in feature film, network television, regional and off-broadway
theatre.
Series on Comedy Central.
Other venues/networks include Yale Rep, IRT, Disney, CBS, FOX, USA
Member of SAG-AFTRA, EQUITY.
(Full performance resume and media available upon request)

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Acting Instructor, Lesly Kahn Studios, Los Angeles, CA 2003-2005; 2008-2010
Taught intensive and ongoing acting classes and privately coached clients for televi-
sion and film.
Walt Disney Company
Full-time contract performer, Walt Disney World, Florida,1993-1995, Tokyo Dis-
neyland, Japan 1995-1996, and part time, Disneyland, CA 2001-2004. Lead
singer, actor, dancer, emcee for various shows and bands.
Miss Alabama 1992
Miss America Quality of Life Award Winner 1992
(for community service)
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Created and administered tutoring programs for inner city and homeless children.
Leads resilience and well-being workshops for actors and other performing artists.
Certified NLP Practitioner; Mindful Self-Compassion: Core Skills Training; slated
presenter for International Positive Psychology Association World Congress 2017,
and Western Positive Psychology Association 2017 Conference.
MISSION STATEMENT
By integrating positive education and service learning into arts education and con-
servatory training, we can foster resilience and bolster well-being among perform-
ing artists.
I created a model called The Resilience Compass, which uses positive psychology
to better prepare actors to bounce back and take ownership of their passion and
purpose. There is, however, a surprise intersection of acting technique and positive
psychology practices, and that overlap isn’t limited to its relevance to actors. Acting
technique through a positive psychology lens may also help non-actors to unlock
their creativity and proactively develop their own characters—their best selves.
I believe the arts matter and so do the artists. My intention is to start a well-being
movement in the performing arts community that will ripple into the greater com-
munity—connecting us as humans, uniting us through art. When artists thrive, the
world flourishes.
MASTER’S THESIS
The Resilience Compass: How Mindset, Skills-Development, Self-Compassion, Ser-
vice, and Community Empower Actors to Bounce Back, Reclaim Their Passion, and
Live Their Purpose
http://repository.upenn.edu/mapp_capstone/106/