Jenny is a poet from Staten Island, New York. She holds a Masters of Secondary Education in English and is a certified English teacher for New York State public schools. She also has a BA in psychology and creative writing from Macaulay Honors College of CUNY. She recently moved back to New York City after living and serving in a village Cambodia as Peace Corps volunteer where she worked as an English teacher and organized a variety of projects. After her service, Jenny worked as an English lecturer and was director of Foundation Year at the University of Puthisastra, a medical university in Phnom Penh Cambodia. While living abroad, Jenny has facilitated various youth development programs with students and is passionate about arts education. She is a teacher, as well as a spoken word poet and has performed and shared her poetry in New York City as well as during her time abroad in South East Asia. She is inspired by using the arts as a tool for learning and empowering students to share their stories.
