Leah Roth Barsanti

Leah Roth Barsanti is an accomplished Associate Production Manager for Content Operations at Nearpod, with extensive experience as a playwright, producer, screenwriter, director, and dramaturge at the Dramatists Guild of America since 2013. Barsanti has hosted trivia nights and managed relationships for Whaddayaknow? Free Pub Trivia, and has held leadership roles at WINDY CITY ROLLERS NON-PROFIT INC, overseeing administrative functions and conflict resolution. Barsanti's writing credentials include work as a writer and producer for People Everyday podcast and as an inaugural writer for a new storytelling app. Additionally, Barsanti has designed learning experiences at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and has taught writing courses at East West University and Northwestern University. Barsanti earned an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern University and a BA in English, Drama, and Creative Writing from Washington University in St. Louis, complemented by studies at the University of Oxford.