"Jennifer is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company. She has dedicated herself for the last decade to Independent theatre in Houston. In the last few years, she has also worked as actor, director, producer or advisor with many other independent Houston theatres, including dos chicas, Fan Factory, The Landing Theatre, Thunderclap Productions, Wordsmyth Theatre, The Nova Arts Project, Unhinged Productions, the national reading of The Laramie Project: 10 years Later, and others. She has an MLA in English and an MLA in Drama from St. Thomas University. Her writing has been published in Laurels and the Allegheny Review. She also teaches English at Houston Community College. She received a ‘BEST OF HOUSTON’ Nomination in the Houston Press in 2007 for Best Actress, and a nomination for Best Artistic Director in the 2012 Houston Theatre Awards. Jennifer was recently featured in the Houston Press's 100 Creatives"-mildredsumbrella.com