Grant Henry, Founder & CEO

Grant's journey began as a preschool assistant at his mother's school in Arizona. Over the next 20+ years, he worked in early childhood classrooms while earning graduate degrees in film and digital media design for learning from NYU. He was often the only male teacher in the school, and quickly came to see that not as a challenge, but as a responsibility. His presence mattered especially to children without male role models at home and he approached his work with care, empathy, and a deep commitment to showing up. Even then, he dreamed of building something bigger.

Inspired by childhood heroes like Mister Rogers and Jim Henson, Grant spent years studying their work, visiting the Henson Museum, and imagining how he might follow in their footsteps. After moving to New York in his mid thirties, he hoped to enter the children's media world. But breaking in proved difficult. He was too experienced for entry level roles and not yet seasoned enough in media production for senior creative jobs. So he started creating on his own.

While finishing grad school, he completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training and met his future wife, Erica Chen, a yoga teacher and creative herself. Together, they co founded House of Flow, a company focused on making yoga and wellness accessible for all ages. But Grant's heart always returned to children.

Having witnessed firsthand how increased screen time was damaging young children's development and how traditional kids yoga was failing to serve diverse learning needs, Grant saw the need for something radically different. Drawing on nearly two decades in early childhood education and his media training, he created Yogie the Dogie, a character driven approach that makes every child feel like they belong. The recent PBS funding cuts eliminating trusted educational content only reinforced the urgency of his mission.

Today, he is building the kind of world he wishes he had as a child, one filled with movement, music, kindness, and imagination. One where boys, girls, and every child in between can see themselves, feel supported, and grow into who they're meant to be. As he and Erica prepare to welcome their first child in January, Grant is more committed than ever to creating the Disney of family wellness with the mission of Sesame Street.

Grant believes that in a world that desperately needs more kindness, compassion, and connection, Yogie Land offers something essential: a place where all children can learn, grow, and discover that they truly belong.