Saya Jenks (she/her) is an arts educator, facilitator, and researcher based in Seattle, WA. She designs and facilitates workshops for people looking to strengthen their communication, collaboration, and innovation.

As a lead facilitator with On Deck Workshops, Saya has led workshops for clients including Bloomberg, Google, Flatiron Health, Covington & Burling, Moloco Ads, the d.school at Stanford University, the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, and more. Saya also works with the Miranda Fellows at The Public Theater to train early-career theatre professionals from historically underrepresented backgrounds. She has taught theatre in PreK-12 classrooms, at the undergraduate and graduate level at New York University, and in many community settings, from after-school programs to adult education classes.

Saya is currently working on her dissertation as a PhD student in NYU’s Program in Educational Theatre. Her research explores culturally responsive theatre pedagogy in Asian American communities. Her work has been published in Teaching Artist Journal and ArtsPraxis. Saya has worked as a research assistant on projects exploring the use of theatre as a way to prevent discrimination in healthcare, a means of promoting democratic civil discourse, and as a way to investigate nonprofit organizations’ impact.