Miya Osaki has served as chair of the MFA Design For Social Innovation program at SVA since 2019 and DSI faculty since 2016.

Miya is a designer, educator, and advocate for healthy systems and increasing care in our communities. She teaches Communication Design for social impact and Global Guest Lecture at MFA DSI, establishing long-term and meaningful partnerships with organizations across NYC and beyond. Her background in experience design includes over 15 years focused on health and wellbeing. She currently consults and collaborates with a cross-section of global health care companies, community organizations, non-profits, government agencies, and tech startups. She currently serves on the board of the Public Policy Lab and is a member of Grey Area Collective.

A third-generation Japanese American, Miya volunteers with the Nikkei Progressives NP/NCRR Reparations Committee.

Previous experience includes co-founding partner of Diagram, a women- and BIPOC-owned healthcare design studio; the co-host of a podcast, Yah, No, at the intersection of design, business, and healthcare; and Director of Experience Design at Johnson & Johnson’s Global Strategic Design Office. She is a recipient of the DesignMatters Fellowship at Art Center College of Design, where she collaborated with the UNICEF Innovation Team.

A west-coast native, Miya lives with her family and havapoo pup in Brooklyn, NY.