Jenna grew up right here in Austin and attended college at Duke University where she earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science. She returned to Austin to work as a teacher for a few years before moving to New Orleans to attend law school at Tulane University. During law school she interned with both the Travis County Public Defender's Office and the Texas Defender service; she also did her third-year clinical work with Tulane's Criminal Justice Clinic and Women's Prison Project.