Associate Director, Residential College Community Programs Business Administrator
she/her/hers
vmayesky@umich.edu
Office Information:
1800 East Quad
phone: 734-647-6771
Staff;
Prison Creative Arts Project
About
Vanessa Mayesky is the Associate Director of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP), managing its staff team and operations, as well as the RC Community Programs Business Administrator. She began her PCAP involvement as an undergraduate student and continued to facilitate weekly theater workshops in prisons, youth detention centers, and high schools for eight years. Vanessa started her public service career with two years of national service in the AmeriCorps VISTA program, followed by a decade in nonprofit fundraising and administration. She joined the PCAP staff team in 2011. Vanessa holds a B.A. in Language and Power from the Residential College and an M.P.A. from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.