who is sassy sage?

Dr. Scyatta A. Wallace, otherwise know as sassy.sage, is a Psychologist and teen expert with over 15 years experience working with youth and youth serving organizations. Her mission is to help empower youth to achieve overall health and wellness by educating teens, parents and organizations that serve them. Her primary focus is creating health related programming, leadership & life skills training, and socially focused media.   

Dr. Wallace combines her love for arts and educating youth as CEO/Founder of Janisaw Company (www.janisaw.com), a curriculum design firm specializing in creating leadership development and life skills programs/workshops for teen girls and young women.

Janisaw Company’s signature product, THE MIND MAKEOVER® , is an interactive self-esteem workshop series specifically tailored for groups of tween (grades7-8), teen (grades 9-12) or college-aged girls. Janisaw Company has created tailored programs for many youth serving organizations; including the 3E workshop series for the Mary J. Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women, Now, Inc. (FFAWN).

Dr. Wallace is a sought after motivational speaker and workshop facilitator who has created engaging programs for thousands of youth. This includes programs developed through Janisaw Company and other volunteer endeavors such as the ECHO conference focused on using Hip Hop as an educational tool to empower youth and Y-Apply, a volunteer
organization which encourages high achieving ethnic minority public high school students to consider applying to Ivy League/selective colleges.  She has been featured on BET 106 & Park, The Michael Baisden radio show, and Essence magazine.

Dr. Wallace received her BA in Psychology from Yale University and her PhD in Psychology from Fordham University, where she specialized in child and adolescent development. She is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University, where she teaches and mentors students.