Always having loved music and being a musician herself, Jen thought that naturally this would be her course in life. Enrolling at Trebas Institute to study Music Production and Engineering would teach her how to make and produce her own music along with that of other bands. However, her path would lead her into the world of film where Jen started as a live sound recordist and then as a sound editor. She would even produce a feature documentary for the Red Cross. Eventually, the need to explore her interests further led Jen to obtain her first undergrad degree in Disaster and Emergency Management, where she continued to create films and using media in her projects. She became well known in the Emergency Management field as a multimedia specialist, developing a niche and often being advised to continue developing her business ideas. In 2012, Jen developed a film program at the Native Women’s Resource Centre, in honour of her late friend Ellen Monague, that would teach Native women the fundamentals of filmmaking so they may learn to tell there own stories through documentary story-telling. From the program, Seven Sisters Film Collective was born, having made 5 films since it’s inception two years ago. In 2013, Jen developed Hybrid Intuition Media; a company that develops media campaigns related to emergency prevention and education initiatives using film, podcast, live-stream and graphic design for entities such as the Canadian Red Cross, International Association of Emergency Managers and TD Bank.

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