CREATIVE HEARTS TEAM
Vivienne Fullerton, Founder & Executive Director
Vivienne Fullerton is the founder of Creative Hearts, a youth-led nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to creative engagement for older adults with dementia. Since 2024, her intergenerational art programs have served over 500 seniors, delivering structured, intergenerational art programs designed to improve social connection, emotional well-being, and cognitive engagement.
Vivienne’s mission is rooted in personal experience and a rigorous academic foundation, including a clinical neuroscience immersion program at Stanford University, entrepreneurship studies at UCSD, and independent research recognized by the San Diego Science Fair and Psychological Association.
Her work has earned national and international honors, including the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, the President’s Volunteer Service Award, a California Congressional Challenge Coin from a Congressmember and features in People Magazine. At 16, she was formally recognized by the California State Assembly for her community impact and invited to intern at a university neuroscience lab. In 2026, Creative Hearts was the only teen-led organization to receive the Ginny Gives® Award from the Dementia Society of America and become a finalist in the Dementia Care Awards.
Alexander Fullerton, Co-Leader & Program Partner
Alexander Fullerton is a co-leader of Creative Hearts. He leads program development, facilitates workshops for seniors, assembles art installations, and drives organizational growth. Since joining in 2024, he has served over 500 seniors and provided over 200 volunteer hours. Inspired by his time in the Stanford Math Circle, Alexander applies quantitative analysis to track program metrics.
His work has been recognized nationally and internationally by a California Congressmember with a Congressional Challenge Coin, as a finalist in the UK's Dementia Care Awards, with the National Service Honor and the U.S. Congressional Silver and Bronze Medals, among the highest honors awarded by the U.S. Congress to youth. Outside of his nonprofit work, Alexander participates in math and running competitions, takes summer courses at Stanford University and is an active member of Scouting America, working toward the rank of Eagle Scout.
