Jenny attended a public school in Memphis, TN that (miraculously) prioritized the arts. A visiting poet named Robert Mickey burst through the classroom door proclaiming, "I see a pool of imagination before me in that pencil sharpener!" Now THIS was a language that Jenny understood--the marriage of words, playfulness, and possibility---and she was hooked. 

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After completing a Bachelor of Arts in English, Jenny shifted direction to pursue her Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work. While her writing practice proved inconsistent during her years as a therapist, Jenny regularly wove journaling and poetry into her client’s treatment plans.

 

In 2014, Jenny got sober and instead of A.A., joined a women’s writing circle. Committing to her passion and a vibrant creative community was a game changer, both personally and professionally.The isolating conditions of the pandemic proved fertile for Jenny’s creative pursuits, and after more than fifteen years as a therapist and sobriety coach, she dialed back on clinical work to focus more intentionally on writing. 

 

When she isn’t working on new poems, Jenny is checking in on her coaching clients, collecting shells along Florida's Atlantic coastline, working as a Guardian ad Litem volunteer, painting, transporting her son to all of the things, and camping. Camping is her favorite because it means her son, husband, and dog are trapped. 

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Jenny is the author of But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings and Can Buddhists Wear Mascara (and Other Things I’ve Googled). Her work has been featured in The Breakwater Review, (a) river rising: Anthology of Women’s Voices, The Moss Gossamer Anthology of North Florida Poets, A Gathering of Poets 2, and The Eunoia Review. Jenny was a finalist for the 2023 Perseroff Prize in poetry, and winner of both the 2022 Gold Nautilus Book Award and 2023 Homebound Publications poetry prize.