Jennifer completed a BS in Biochemistry with high honors from the University of Detroit Mercy.

She then worked as a research assistant in tumor immunology and clinical epidemiology laboratories for several years before undertaking doctoral studies at the University of Michigan, where her dissertation research focused on T cell development, function, and malignancy. After completing her PhD in Immunology and publishing several research articles as a first author or co-author, she began editing while pursuing postdoctoral research in tumor immunology and radiology, eventually taking on the title of Managing Editor, Life Sciences, at AsiaEdit.