Jen is a math teacher and program coordinator at Walnut High School in Walnut Valley Unified School District. She led the development of the Academic Design Program, implementing Design-Based Learning (DBL) in a year 10 through 12 setting, integrating math, social science, and language arts.

She was part of a team that expanded a one-classroom DBL program at Chaparral Middle school into a 3-year program now occupying a state of the art wing at the school. She earned her Master’s degree from Cal Poly Pomona in DBL in 2007 and has experience in grades 6 through 12 in math, science, social science, technology, and credit recovery. Jennifer has been a lecturer teaching DBL through the Cal Poly College of Education and Integrative Studies and Art Center.