Since 2005, she has served the dance community as a writer for Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, and Pointe.  She is currently a columnist for Dance Teacher, writing a "What My Teacher Taught Me" section. Jen also earned her Pilates mat and equipment certification from The Kane School. She teaches Pilates and the Gyrotonic Expansion Method at MOVE Wellness in Ann Arbor. She received an MFA in Dance from the University of Michigan, where she researched dance studio architecture and the creative process, an investigation titled The Studio Project. She developed an immersive dance theater work, A Studio Party, informed by improvisation, storytelling, physical memories, and dance history.  Jen served as a rehearsal director for the UM Department of Dance since 2018, working with artists from Urban Bush Women, Bryn Cohn, Thaddeus Davis and Tanya Wideman, Rosanna Tavarez, among others.  She is now a Lecturer of Dance for the UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Jen is also incredibly thankful for her husband and three children, who inspire new dance movement daily.