Hi, I’m Jennifer

Hi, my name is Jennifer, nice to meet you!

I work with motivated souls just like yours who want to embrace WHO they are and find where their passion can have a purpose in the places we call home.

My Purpose Title is Destiny Activator. Regardless of my job, job title, or employer, the core of WHO I am, is one who stimulates and sets in motion purpose and calling in individuals. I have over 20 years of experience  in higher education institutions at both private and public universities, but I find myself at home in Career Development.

Over the last decade I developed a 5P Process to help individuals like yourself find meaningful and engaged careers. My 5P’s include Passion, Purpose, Personality, Proficiencies, and Profit Centers. Through this process individuals (and even employers) pull out their potential, explore the possibilities, find intentional ways to practice and prepare, develop professionalism, and experience peace as they figure out their WHO before their DO©! (I really likes the letter P!)

Some other fun things about me are I am an ENFJ. My StrengthsFinder Top 5 include: Restorative, Communication, Developer, Belief, and WOO (winning others over; which I hope I have!). According to John Holland’s theory, my occupational motivators are Social, Artistic, and Enterprising. Consistently when I take career interest inventories career counselors, guidance counselor, or mental health therapist comes up for me. So you can see, I am who I am, and that is someone who loves serving and assisting those seeking to pursue their passions and purposes.

Do you need direction? No worries! I have have a word for you: You were created on Purpose and for a Purpose. My role is to facilitate an experience using tools and assessments to empower and equip you for that which you were designed for. My business is guided by this:

“As the rain and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy
    and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
    will clap their hands.” ~ Isaiah 55: 10, 11

Looking for real change in you life? Want to build a better future?
Find your WHO before your DO now!

Interesting facts about Jennifer include she worked for two professional golfers (both have Majors, and one was part of The Big Three), served as a paid professional speaker for a company owned by Monster.com, was an invited speaker at a Lance Wallnau Dream Trip, and has spoken internationally (Mexico and Haiti, with the rest of the globe to go).

I am married to one spicy mix of a husband, Nicholas (50/50 Puerto Rican and Italian). He still makes her laugh, and still sings to her after 15 years of marriage. “I call my husband an entrepreneurian; he is part entrepreneur and part humanitarian.” When he isn’t travelling to Haiti, Jamaica, or Puerto Rico to provide humanitarian aid and hope, you will find him fishing, building something, or snuggling Jennifer. They reside in South Florida, and are proud fur parents of their rescue dog, Basha (full disclosure, her full name is Dolce G’Basha).

Professional Bio

Jennifer currently serves as the Destiny Activator / Assistant Director of Career Development at Palm Beach Atlantic University, while managing her private coaching practice. Within the first year of establishing a Career Peer (CP) program at PBA, she increased office traffic by over 300%, and 25% in its second year. The training manual she and co-presenter Bailey Eldridge developed for the CP’s was requested by 117 career professionals from over 100 colleges on the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) Community because of interest in her WHO before DO© philosophical approach.

Jennifer serves on the Board of Florida Association of Colleges and Employers (FloridaACE), earned the best-rated workshop at the Florida ACE 2017 annual conference, gave the opening keynote at the state drive-in event (November 2017), is the closing keynote for a 2018 state-wide association, and launched hundreds of students into successful and engaging careers; below are some examples:

  • Tyler went from charging $250 for his balancing act at half time show to contracts garnering $4,500 at major US universities. He originally came in for a performance resume so he could audition for the Blue Man Group. His business now has him performing at minor league baseball games and for top 10 schools.
  • Molly, the first CP hired by Jennifer, has worked for a presidential campaign, was hired to serve in the White House at the pleasure of the President, worked for the Chief of Staff, and now works for the First Lady of the United States of America (FLUSA).
  • Carlie was frustrated trying to write her graduate school essay to apply for a very competitive program at George Washington University, but could picture herself working in the J. Edgar Hoover building for the FBI. After working with Jennifer and tapping into her passion for the field of forensic science, she wrote an essay that resulted in her acceptance into a top tier program.

She is published in a NASPA Journal and Player magazine. She earned her M.Ed. at the University of Toledo (after reading and embracing What Color is Your Parachute), and has a B.S. in Journalism/Public Relations from Bowling Green State University. She was certified by Gallup in 2003 in StrengthsFinder, and is a certified practitioner in the Strong Interest Inventory and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.