Jen is a math consultant who works with teachers and curriculum project teams to promote mathematics education. She was the pilot coordinator for the Illustrative Mathematics Elementary Curriculum project and a writer for IM Explorations. She has a BA in Elementary Education with a concentration in Mathematics from the University of the Virgin Islands and an MA in Teaching Mathematics from Mount Holyoke College. She has worked as a teacher (12 years) and as a math coach (5 years) in elementary schools and middle schools in both the Caribbean and in Massachusetts. For a number of years, she left the classroom to focus on her passion for assessment, working at the Massachusetts DESE on the Mathematics MCAS test, first as a test developer and then as the administrator. She believes mathematics is a language of quantity and shape that everyone, with the right resources and support, can appreciate and enjoy. She loves to travel, collect vintage wares, and dance to great music.