Jennifer discovered her passion for writing about film as a graduate student in San Francisco, a path that led her to Spain, where she worked as a correspondent for Screen International and later The Hollywood Reporter, while completing a doctorate in Cultural Studies. She has continued to freelance as a reporter, columnist, and film critic for a wide range of magazines, newspapers, and websites, taught journalism and film to college students for more than two decades, is a Fulbright Award winner and a member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and shares selected work at filmsfromafar.com. She is also a proud mom to two humans, a dog, and a cat.