Jonathan Engel

(he/they)

Close-up of a person with short brown hair and a full beard, wearing a dark jacket with a small name tag and a blue T-shirt — Photo by Richard Kelly

Heritage Arts Coordinator, Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation

Advocacy Leadership Institute | 2027 Cohort Member

Bio

Jon Engel (he/they) is a public folklorist, arts administrator, and community organizer born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As the Heritage Arts Coordinator at Rivers of Steel, Jon works with local cultural groups, particularly immigrant and New American, to share their folk arts and sustain their traditional practices through documentation, education, and advocacy initiatives.