Jenny’s life was restored by the healing powers of nature. She has a deep-seated commitment to social and environmental justice and active engagement in anti-racist and pro-justice practices.

Her projects have included the founding of the Richmond Outdoors Coalition  (a collective impact initiative to create pathways of frequent, meaningful and connected outdoor experiences), advocacy for state and federal funding for outdoor access in park poor communities, nature and health partnerships, culturally relevant and inclusive outdoor programming, gatherings and trainings, and using schoolyards and parks as a strategy for supporting schools to open safely during COVID-19 (in partnership with the COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative).

Jenny is a certified Awake in the Wild nature meditation teacher. For Jenny, nature-based practices are a combination of healing our bodies, Mother Earth, and our connections to each other. They present an opportunity to connect more deeply with the rhythms and cycles of the moon, seasons, and elements; to slow down, tune in, and heal our inner and outer nature.

In her free time, Jenny enjoys yoga, hiking, running, cold plunges, meditating in nature and camping with her husband and their two children, a proudly neurodivergent, gender neutral kiddo and an enthusiastic volleyball playing daughter. They live on the unceded ancestral lands of the Lisjan and Muwekma Ohlone tribes, in what has been colonized as Berkeley, CA.