Marketing Coordinator, Immersion Core Instructor
Pronouns: She/Her
Jeni grew up on the lands of the Lakota peoples on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota. Jeni has always had a deep passion for animals and the natural world, and loved to photograph them. She is a self-taught photographer who picked up her dad’s DSLR camera at 13.
She studied Marine and Conservation Biology at Seattle University and had the opportunity to research Great White Sharks in South Africa and study biology in Greece. After earning her Bachelor’s degree, Jeni found herself at Wilderness Awareness School instructing campers about the natural world. This led her to The Immersion at WAS, where she discovered a loving community and opportunities to practice photography. She then completed the Adult Nature Instructor Training Program, helping adult students discover their passions while supporting the marketing department through videography and photography.
This work allows Jeni to blend her love of nature connection and photography through sharing stories of the school online and connecting with her students in the outdoors. Jeni is passionate about hide tanning, bone crafting, botany, singing, and sharing stories with others.