Tiffani Sierra

Founder- C.I.O (Chief Inspirational Officer) & Master Facilitator

Tiffani Sierra is an Actress, Inspirational Speaker, Master Facilitator, and alumni of the famous Improv School, The Second City in Hollywood, CA. Her acting training hails from the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and A.C.T in San Francisco. As an arts educator, her training comes from the UCLA Arts and Healing Program. She is a certified Social Emotional Arts Facilitator.

With over 19 years of experience working in schools and organizations, Tiffani shifted her focus from performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, to transforming lives through developing programs using the art of improvisation. Her innovative workshops were featured with her work with several highly accredited arts organizations throughout California working in underserved areas as well as inside Juvenile Halls.

In 2016 she founded Improv It Up and has been using Improvisation to help students, organizations and corporations experience greater creativity, teamwork, personal growth and transformation to improve working relationships, boost morale, and performance skills.

Adrian Figueroa

Chief Improvement Officer & Master Facilitator

Adrian is a Mechanical Engineer with a Masters in Business with over 20 years of continuous improvement experience in manufacturing, distribution, performing arts, music, sports, and education to develop curriculum, facilitate workshops, coach, mentor, and train teams and individuals to unlock their potential professionally and personally, while supporting Improv It Up’s mission and vision strategic plans using the principals of improv.

My focus is to create programs and workshops for corporate business and personal development needs that combine Lean, Agile, and Six Sigma methodologies with the rules of improv and facilitate experiential workshops for performance improvements in productivity, innovation, sales, leadership, and team building.

Amanda Sevold Herrera

Facilitator 

Amanda Sevold Herrera received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Cal State Fullerton in 2008. Since then, she has been coaching and teaching students, both in the public and private sector as a theatre teacher and as a vocal coach. Her main area of expertise is musical theatre, as she spent several years coaching high school students for theatre competitions in the musical theatre category, as well as having acted in musicals since she was 10 years old. Empowering students to realize their full potential and overcome their struggles is one of her greatest passions in life and she hopes to continue to aid others for many years to come.

Sydney Allen

Facilitator

Sydney Leigh Allen has spent the past 10 years as a professional actor/singer/director on the East Coast.  She has had the privilege of performing with The Fulton Theatre, Sight & Sound Theatres, Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre and more regional theatres throughout PA, NY, and OH.  Favorite credits include Audrey (Little Shop of Horrors), Penny (Hairspray), Hope (Urinetown), Cecily (The Importance of Being Earnest), and Nina (Vanya, Sonya, Masha and Spike). 

Sydney recently had the honor of singing with The New York Contemporary Choir for the Broadway run of Rocktopia.  

Chris Baker 

Facilitator

Christopher D. Baker, known as Chris, is a dynamic performance artist from Tampa, Florida, armed with a BFA in Acting. Having made his mark in community, regional, and educational theater, he's now in Los Angeles, driven by a mission to create art that sparks meaningful conversations. As a resident teaching artist with non-profits, Chris goes beyond the stage, cultivating spaces for transformative storytelling. With aspirations to transition into filmmaking, he sees cinema as a tool for addressing challenging topics. Chris envisions a future where his narratives not only entertain but also inspire change, uplift communities, and ignite positive dialogue.