Jennifer grew up in Denver and moved to St. Louis with her family the summer before her senior year in high school. After graduating from George Washington University in 1993, Jennifer spent a year at Hebrew University in Jerusalem in a non-degree graduate studies program. Upon her return to St. Louis, she obtained a Masters in Social Work from the George Warren brown School at Washington University. She is currently the Director of Advocacy and Communications at Central Reform Congregation, a Reform Jewish congregation in St. Louis, Missouri, that represents the coming together of a diverse and inclusive group of individuals who accept the responsibility of maintaining a community of respect and friendship.