A Life Shaped by Play

At the end of second grade, Jennie told her mother that she wanted to quit all her afterschool activities and just play in third grade. It was her favorite year -full of time and space to connect with her soul. 

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Path Woven Through Music, Education, and Care

Jennie’s path has been shaped by a lifelong devotion to music as a source of connection. She studied Voice Performance at Northwestern University and sang professionally in a range of settings while continually returning to what mattered most: singing in community. Her work expanded naturally into education and leadership. Jennie owned and managed early childhood music education programs in the Boston area and later worked in nonprofit community arts education, deepening her understanding of how creativity and play shape human beings across the lifespan.

 

For nearly twenty years, Jennie led a women’s song group rooted in joy, expression, and belonging. Open to all and intentionally non-performative, the group centered on singing for the sheer experience of singing – not to impress and entertain, but to connect. This lived practice became the heart of what would later evolve into Sacred Play.

 

Alongside her musical work, Jennie pursued graduate training in education and later earned a Masters of Divinity. Jennie has worked as a hospice chaplain accompanying individuals and families through illness, dying, and grief – an experience that profoundly clarified the relationship between meaningful living and peaceful dying.

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