Life is made up of the stories that we tell. Jen has spent the last decade holding space for stories to be shared, felt, and heard as a way to resolve conflict and crime. Her restorative justice roots paved the way for her 2016 Open Societies Institute (OSI) Community Fellowship where she designed and ran a program that connected court-involved young people to job opportunities and restorative programming on urban farms in Baltimore City. Programming that focused on dialogue circles, relationships, and being heard. She holds an MSW in Social Action and Community Development and prioritizes social justice and equity in all that she does. Jen’s anti-racist commitment to Hedgebrook is to create a place where all those who identify as women can show up as their whole selves and be honored, welcomed, celebrated, and safe — a place where their stories can be told.