Ryan visits classrooms around Chicagoland to share CAASE’s educational curricula with students. He works within the prevention education department to develop and deliver innovative, lasting instruction on consent, gender, and other issues underpinning sexual harm.

Before joining CAASE, Ryan taught in the City Colleges and at DePaul University. With an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia College Chicago, his background is in teaching writing and rhetoric, which he’s used to help students share their stories and interrogate the world around them. He’s committed to empowering young people to end sexual violence and exploitation through education, reflection, and open dialogue.