Tanya Elchuk is an actor, writer, and educator. Her original plays and performance works have been seen at festivals and cabarets throughout North America. Tanya holds an MFA in Acting and post-grad Voice Teaching Diploma from York University, where she received a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship and was named one of Canada’s Top 5 Storytellers by SSHRC for her research on the neuroscience of acting. She served for many years on the Editorial Board of the Voice and Speech Review, and has articles published in that journal, Theatre Topics Online, and The Canadian Theatre Review. Tanya teaches acting with a voice specialization at Douglas College, and has previously taught at UBC, SFU, Capilano University, and more. She maintains a professional coaching practice for voice, speech, and presence. Tanya also writes books for children and has had manuscripts short- and long-listed in the CANSCAIP Writing for Children Contest.