A Howard County native, Jennifer attended Deep Run Elementary School, Mayfield Woods Middle School, and Long Reach High School. She has been involved with OhanaHC since September 2020 and is currently a mentor. Jennifer serves as a member of the Fundraising Committee and Technology Committee, and is a Co-Chair of the Volunteer Recruitment Committee.

Jennifer graduated in 2007 from Southern Adventist University in Chattanooga, TN with a bachelor’s in business administration, accounting. During her time in Tennessee, she volunteered with youth villages as a mentor to students in foster care. Jennifer is bilingual in Spanish and spent an academic year volunteering at a children’s home in San Juan Opico, El Salvador in 2005. She has volunteered with FIRN, a Howard County non-profit organization, as an English tutor and translator.

She currently lives in Highland and serves as the Vice President of Operations for American Pest, overseeing mergers and acquisitions, information technology, and fleet and facilities. She is a member of the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church as a Pathfinder Director and Youth Adult Ministries Leader.