About Adam

Adam Steel is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, community activist, and youth mentor. For the past 12 years he has been working directly with youth, teens, and young adults ages 13-35 as a mentor, counselor, and teacher in Southern California. Adam has worked with public schools, private schools, non-profits, alternative-education programs, mental health facilities, drug/alcohol treatment centers, and directly with families and their kids.

Adam’s goal is to use his personal and professional experience to fill the mentorship gap in our society and to ultimately support and empower those in need.

1 in 3 Youth will grow up without a mentor

Los Angeles student-counselor ratio is 612:1

45% of CA teens report struggling with their mental health

A mentor plays a critical role in helping someone achieve their goals and influence their success. As a mentor, Adam ensures his mentees are not alone in dealing with day-to-day or long-term challenges while also empowering them to lead productive lives. His background includes working with diverse communities and across socio-economic backgrounds and he has extensive experience supporting young people struggling with: depression, anxiety, drug/alcohol abuse and social skills and life-skills development.

Adam supports his mentees by being a role model, teacher, counselor, advisor, advocate and ally.