Jolynn Santiago has been pursuing a career as an artist, jeweler and educator for twelve years. They graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kent State University (KSU) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry/Metals/Enameling in 2013. While at KSU, they received the Research and Scholarly Activity Grant with Kathleen Browne. They worked as a bench jeweler in New York City for two years.

In 2017, they enrolled in SUNY New Paltz where they received the State University of New York at New Paltz Master of Fine Arts Scholarship, in addition to two Creative Project Awards. They were a Teaching Assistant for Myra Mimlitsch-Grey, and assisted Lynn Batchelder at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in 2018. Shortly after, they were chosen to be the Instructor of Record at SUNY New Paltz where they graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Master of Fine Arts in Metal in 2019.

After graduating, they were an artist-in-residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts before moving to Baltimore, MD for two years where they taught at the Baltimore Jewelry Center and was an adjunct professor at Towson University and Montgomery College. In 2023, they moved to Vermont where they continue to experiment and create new work. They are also an instructor at the Shelburne Craft School and the Generator in Burlington, Vermont.

Their work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Recently, several of their rings were selected for Schmuck 2023 in Munich, Germany and Melting Point Valencia in Valencia, Spain. Published in Metalsmith Magazine, On Offer and Autor Contemporary Jewelry Magazine to name a few.