TRIALS Speakers

Danielle Jenkins

TRIALS Class of 2022
Director of Education, Sylvan Learning Center of Central Newark

Danielle Jenkins (they/them) is an educator, writer, activist-scholar, editor, and cultural critic from Jersey City, NJ. Danielle is a proud alumna of Spelman College, graduating from the Ethel Waddell Githii Honors Program as a political science and English double major. 

Danielle is deeply honored to be a member of the TRIALS class of 2022 and, more importantly, a part of the greater legacy that the Advantage Testing Foundation has created for other talented and diligent young people over the past 15 years. 

Danielle is a member of several Latin honor societies, including the world’s oldest and most prestigious, the Phi Beta Kappa Society. After TRIALS and college graduation, they have served the children of Newark, NJ, in several roles. During the summer of 2023, they were appointed creative writing master teaching artist for a local non-profit, ACCA Creates!, which emphasizes arts, cultural, and community activism education for Newark’s school-aged children. 

Currently, Danielle is the director of education at Sylvan Learning Center of Central Newark, where they facilitate and manage tutoring programs for families in a historically underserved and underfunded area. This fall, they will begin a master’s degree program while continuing their role at Sylvan. After earning their master’s, they will matriculate into a dual degree J.D./Ph.D in English to become a contributing legal humanities scholar.