Jennifer is aware of having an innate and enduring delight with the natural world since she was a young child. She finds delight in the smallest things and in finding the sweet darkness within her.  She listens to and guides with her heart in tender and fierce ways.  She is a way finder and visioner.  She is a lover of the sensuous.

 

She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Oregon State University, Cascades.  She is a poet and is currently exploring creative non-fiction and memior.  She is nearing completion of her PhD in education at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where the focus of her research is investigating and precisely describing the micro-phenomenological dynamics between humans and the more-than-human world. 

 

She has completed Wild Mind Training (Level 1) with Animas Valley Institute as a personal wilderness guide.  She is also a certified Jungian coach and trained with CreativeMinds.  

 

She has been teaching and working in higher education for more than 20 years and has a background in nursing.

 

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