Jina Nam is a New York City–based actress, singer, dancer, speech-language pathologist, and teacher dedicated to the integration of science, artistry, and pedagogy. She holds two master’s degrees—in Music Education and Communicative Sciences and Disorders—from New York University (NYU), as well as a Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Vocal Pedagogy. She is also a graduate of the Summer Vocology Institute (SVI) at the University of Utah/National Center for Voice and Speech.
For many years, she performed with theater companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in shows such as West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Cats, and Anything Goes. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor in Theater Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and worked as a research scientist at the Stanford University Neuroscience Laboratory before fully transitioning to the performing arts.
After moving to New York City, she trained in musical theater at the CAP21 Conservatory and realized she didn’t want to be a voice teacher simply because she could sing—she wanted to learn how to teach. That commitment led to several years of intensive study in music education, vocal pedagogy, and evidence-based voice science, culminating in her two master’s degrees and CAS from NYU. Her interdisciplinary training allowed her to blend performance, pedagogy, and research into a unified approach to teaching and clinical care.
She has performed extensively in NYC and regional theaters, including the Off-Broadway production of Comfort Women: A New Musical (NamSoon Lee), Going West with B Street Theatre (Hopkins/BaoJia/Miss Pearl), A Thousand Cranes(Sadako), POTUS (Jean), The King and I (Tuptim), Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), Avenue Q (Christmas Eve), A Chorus Line (Connie Wong), Miss Saigon (Swing/Dance Captain), Fantasticks (The Mute/Dance Captain), and Rent (Alexi Darling), to name a few.
Jina is on the vocal faculty at Marymount Manhattan College and also teaches voice and acting, and provides rehabilitation for voice and swallowing through her studio, Jina Nam Voice Studio – Voice Rehabilitation and Performance Training. She coaches with Broadway Artists Alliance (BAA) and has trained extensively with Gill Mindful Voice Training (GMVT). Her teaching draws on over 14 years of training with GMVT, Estill Voice Training (Levels 1 and 2), vocology, evidence-based voice science, and her lived experience as both a scientist and artist. She has also taught at NYU and in New York public schools as a music teacher in K–12th grade. Jina is a licensed speech-language pathologist specializing in voice, swallowing, and upper airway disorders (licensed in NY, NJ, CT, and PA), with clinical training from NYU Langone’s Voice Center and the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice at Weill Cornell Medicine. As a speech-language pathologist, she enjoys helping performers rediscover their singing voices, guiding individuals to find ease and confidence in daily communication, and supporting aging adults in maintaining effective voice and swallowing function. She believes in lifelong learning and is deeply committed to helping clients and students discover their own voices—on stage, in the studio, and in life.
Jina is a proud member of the International Honor Society in Education (Kappa Delta Pi), The Voice Foundation (VF), National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA), New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA). She previously served as Admissions Director at BAA, NYC’s premier musical theater training program for young performers.
