Hi, I'm Jennifer
and I'm a poet who's passionate about art, education, and wellness.
I'm fascinated by the connections between the three: self-expression and finding the courage and capacity to practice it; mindfulness and the brain; the nature of human curiosity.
and I'm a poet who's passionate about art, education, and wellness.
I'm fascinated by the connections between the three: self-expression and finding the courage and capacity to practice it; mindfulness and the brain; the nature of human curiosity.
Born and mostly raised in Jacksonville, Florida, I've also lived at the feet of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and in the small town of Utrera in Andalucía.
My Bachelor of Arts in English is from Randolph College. I then taught for two years at a public secondary school for the arts in Spain called IES José María Infantes.
After I earned my Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, I joined the creative writing faculty at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. I've also been co-director of the Douglas Anderson Writers' Festival since 2015.
Bridge Eight is a publishing press and online literary magazine for which I served as Senior Poetry Editor from 2015—2019. In June 2019, I became Director and co-owner.
My audio chapbook, Girls, was published by EAT Poetry in 2018.