Elizabeth Dunn-Ruiz is a full-time lecturer at The City College of New York in the educational theatre graduate program. She is a board member of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, a new teacher mentor with the Arthur Miller Foundation, and a freelance curriculum writer, consultant, teaching artist, and dramaturg focused on new play development. She holds degrees in creative writing from The New School, in urban and multicultural education from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, and in English Literature from Hunter College. She completed two years of studio training in the Experimental Theatre Wing at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Dunn-Ruiz taught at Bronx Community College, taught English at South Bronx Community Charter High School, and co-founded Bronx Theatre High School, where she served as artistic director and teacher of performance. She also taught and worked as a master teaching artist for Roundabout Theatre Company, including six seasons as playwright mentor for the youth ensemble.