Jennifer lives in Illinois, is a full-time mother, wife, and registered nurse. She and her husband have 3 children, two daughters in college, and a son in high school. She and her family have volunteered with I Grow Chicago for about 8 years. As a family they helped run a summer day camp, and Christmas and Thanksgiving events. She helped fundraise in-kind donations throughout the year, such as the Back to School Backpack Drive, Christmas giving tree sponsorship, coat drives, and much more. She also organized and helped run VBS Bible camps for her church for 5 years. She is one of the founding members of Carolina Border Collie Rescue, where she helped foster and re-home border collies in need. She has two border collies, Bliss and Swift, and three cats, Gravy, Fasto, and Simba. Jen has been teaching group fitness at the Y for over 16 years, and has been a WW coach over 20 years. In her spare time Jen likes to travel with her family, and watch her kids play sports.
