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'''What that means:''' she helps connect teachers and students with a tool for grading and analyzing learning to the resources they need to teach at their best<br />

She is now a marketing specialist for an education company that focuses on unlocking the creative collective wisdom of teachers. Previously, she was the social media and digital marketing manager for an education technology startup that used AI to read and grade student handwriting, -- offering teachers deeper insights and bridging the digital divide for students. She helped lead that startup to acquisition. She's worked on implementing marketing campaigns, creating content, 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 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. It was her initiation to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. 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 while in school involved creating and maintaining 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 />But most of Jeni graduated in April of 2017, but she continues to contribute to the University Innovation Fellows program's work as a Fellow happened ''after'' graduating. Since 2017For five years, she Jeni has annually interviewed candidates for the University Innovation Fellows program and . She's supported new fellows at seven schools across the world through their 6-week UIF training. Since graduating, Jeni has implemented She helped host the design thinking she learned from UIF to her lifeSilicon Valley Meetup as a "FAB" in March 2022. Shealso wrote the article "A Guide to Sharing Your Work" for the first edition of ''Change Forward''s worked as a freelance marketer, a customer assistant at UIF publication. Jeni once took a yoga studio, personality test and spent a year teaching English in Thailand discovered that four out of five of her strengths are about empathizing with and Bulgariasupporting other people. Her current job integrates those experiencesShe realized two things after taking that test: 1) what makes the UIF program so special to her is the human connection, as well as her love and 2) being a supporter is its own kind of fast-paced startup culture. She currently lives in Denver, Coloradosuperpower. <br /><br />