Jess Cayer is Academic Program Manager to the MIAP program. She has over 15 years experience in nonprofits and management, with positions held at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fines Arts at NYU, StoryCorps, and the Little Theatre/WXXI Public Broadcasting in Rochester, NY. She is a candidate in the Masters of Public Administration (MPA) program at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Chatham University. Her work has appeared in numerous small press magazines including Superficial Flesh, Rear Window, and Decompression Magazine.