Jenny is a writer, speaker, and humanist, continually fascinated with people from all walks of life. This means she listens more than talks at dinner parties and is often mistaken for an introvert. But put her behind a mic and she’ll use her gift of the gab to relate to anyone listening. Jenny is a wife, mother, and dedicated weight-lifter; she is a wonton junkie, vodka drinker, and punk-rock lover; she is soft-hearted and genuinely in awe of people who never give up. Jenny now resides in Virginia after living across Canada, the U.S., and England, moving thirty-seven times in as many years. She travels whenever possible and her work experience includes sausage maker, bartender, antique seller, and specialty cupcake business owner. Through all of it, Jenny discovered fact is truly stranger than fiction and there is no better story than one of truth and insight.  

RESEARCH & INTERVIEWING:

PhD Research & Coursework Public Policy, McMaster University

M.A. International Development Studies, Saint Mary’s University

Perspectives from India: Theoretical Contributions to Development Discourse (Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, 2006)

Interviewed over 80 people between 2005-2006 including Nobel Prize Economist Amartya Sen and Indian social activist Vandava Shiva

Recipient of multiple research grants

CREATIVE WRITING PUBLICATIONS

Courage Does Not Always Roar (Contagious Optimism; Viva Editions 2014)

Back-Story: First Time Tales by the Stranger Next Door; Contributor, Compiler, and Editor (2008, Self-published) 5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com

Saturdays@9; Contributor, Compiler, and Editor (2008, Self-published by New England Creative Writers Group)

Labrador Straits (Inscribed Magazine, 2006)

Writing Tutor, Saint Mary’s University