Jennifer Widstrand is a project manager for both the youth development and education research areas. Prior to joining Child Trends, she was a public elementary school teacher and literacy coach for 16 years. Jennifer graduated from the University of South Florida, where she studied elementary education, with additional coursework in business administration, and she holds a project management certificate from Google. Her volunteer work managing projects with other non-profit organizations has focused on fundraising to develop the potential of women and improve childhood well-being in her local community.