S. Jaya Mukherjee
PROGRAM MANAGER
S. Jaya Mukherjee is a Chicago-based manager for the education team at the Pulitzer Center. In her previous job, she managed creative writing programs for Chicago Public School students, focusing on short-form memoir and novel-length fiction.
She has worked in education for at least 10 years, beginning her career as a special education teacher in Compton, California. Mukherjee holds a bachelor's in Dramatic Writing from New York University, a master's in Film Theory from Trinity College Dublin, and a master's in Special Education from Loyola Marymount University.
