Analiese De Saw is a native of New Jersey, and a graduate of Rutgers University. She began her teaching career in Baltimore, MD, instructing art, life skills, and horticulture at an alternative high school for children with special needs. Ms. De Saw moved to New Orleans in the summer of 2016 to open a school at the former Youth Study Detention Center in Gentilly--The Travis Hill School. Since then, she has partnered with several local organizations, museums, advocates, and artists in New Orleans in order to promote youth justice awareness.

Ms. De Saw currently instructs Gifted and Talented, and middle school art at Akili Academy. She is a fellow of the Eternal Seeds Educators at StudioBe, and continues to advocate for youth justice reform in New Orleans.