Jennifer is the daughter of a boarding school survivor and both sides of her family are rooted in the red earth of Oklahoma. She is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and has worked as a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Board-Certified Art Therapist for over fifteen years serving the Kumeyaay community in San Diego as well as Native families on the Big Island of Hawaii. She serves as adjunct faculty with the graduate art therapy program at Dominican University and is the Assistant Director of the Native Resource Center at San Diego State University.