Rob Santos: Comedic Expressions

Rob "Raggedy Rob" Santos is an award-winning comedian and nationally credentialed teaching artist with Arts for Learning and Young Audiences, bringing over a decade of classroom residency experience across Connecticut and Massachusetts alongside more than 18 years on the comedy stage. A participant in advanced professional trainings including RAISE and ARTISTIC with Arts for Learning and YA, he also serves as an EMERGE mentor guiding prospective teaching artists.

As a creator and performer, Rob bridges personal narrative and performance in his streaming series Beige on Prime Video and Tubi, which centers around mental health, and his solo show ADHme, exploring life with a neurodivergent mind. In the classroom, he blends stand-up comedy, improv, and storytelling with Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), and emotional regulation practices. Through play, vulnerability, and mindfulness, he builds accessible, high-engagement environments where students learn to navigate complex emotions, build creative confidence, and express themselves authentically.