AJA M. JACKSON (Lighting Design) is a Boston-based lighting designer. WAM Theatre: The Last Wife. Elsewhere: Hear Word! (American Repertory Theatre), Nat Turner in Jerusalem (Actor’s Shakespeare Project), Straight White Men and Nixon’s Nixon (New Rep). Training: M.F.A. in Lighting Design from Boston University, a B.F.A. in Lighting Design from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, and a B.A. in Dance Performance from the School of Music. Et cetera: Resident Lighting Designer and core collaborator for interdisciplinary, site-specific movement company, HOLDTIGHT. Previously she worked as a stage manager with the Denver Center Theatre Company and in Production Management at The Santa Fe Opera. Aja is a Mentor in Residence with Brighter Boston.