Jennifer obtained her Bachelors and Masters of Nutritional Sciences while attending the University of Connecticut on a full athletic scholarship. She competed in 400m, Long and Triple Jump. Her love of being Canadian brought her back to complete her practicum in her native surroundings of Vancouver Island. She spent the last 8 years working within a interdisciplinary chronic disease management team up in the northern city of Fort McMurray, Alberta. She is a Certified Diabetes Educator, Insulin Pump Trainer, and has worked with athletes of all ages with and without type 1 diabetes.

She was the Alberta Sport Development Center and the 2015 Western Canada Games Summer Games dietitian. Jennifer is passionate about sport and being able to perform at a high level consistently. In her free time she plays soccer, basketball, gaelic football, volleyball, or is running, snowboarding or hiking!