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'''What that means:''' she helps teachers and students with a new tool for grading and analyzing learning <br />

She is now works the Social Media and Community Manager for an education technology startup that uses AI to read and grade student handwriting, saving offering teachers time and offering them deeper insights into student performanceand bridging the digital divide for students. She does Her work involves implementing marketingcampaigns, illustration, creating content creation, customer support, and product quality assurance. Being able to wear many hats is what she loves most about the startup environment. <br /> <br />Jeni's introduction to startups was in 2015 when she worked with joined the first student-created startup company of UAB's Innovation Lab, Satterfield Technologies. She worked on business models, branding, and outreach. This work allowed her to rapidly learn through both the Innovation Lab's mentors and hands-on experience, and . It was her initiation to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. She Jeni became a University Innovation Fellow in the Fall of 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley Meetups in March 2017 and November 2017. Her work as a Fellow involved creating the UAB Makerspace, a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship on campus. She enjoyed the process of helping the space grow and facilitating educational events there. <br /><br />Jeni graduated in April of 2017, but she continues to contribute as a to the University Innovation Fellow by interviewing students Fellows program. Since 2017, she has annually interviewed candidates for the program and supporting supported new fellows through their 6-week UIF training. <br /><br /> Since graduating, Jeni has implemented the design thinking she learned from UIF to her life by prototyping different careers and being open to opportunities. She's done worked as a freelance marketingmarketer, worked as a customer assistant at a yoga studio assistant, and spent a year traveling and teaching English in Thailand and Bulgaria. Her current job integrates those experiences, as well as her love of fast-paced startup culture. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado. <br /><br />

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