For ten years, Jen Vincent enjoyed teaching students who are deaf and hard of hearing. After spending two years as Coordinator of Instructional Technology for the second largest school district in Illinois, she is now a Technology Integration Specialist for Mundelein School District 75, a diverse, K-8 district in Mundelein, Illinois. She contributes articles to Little Lake County, a local family-oriented blog. Since it began in 2011, she has been a proud member of the Nerdy Book Club. Jen reviews books and shares ideas for how authentic texts can be used to teach writing at her blog Teach Mentor Texts. She celebrates her family and her writing life at her blog Story Exploratory.
For the past four summers, she co-hosted and participated in Teachers Write, a virtual summer writing camp for teachers, with authors Kate Messner, Gae Polisner, and Jo Knowles. Jen was selected by mentor authors Trisha Leaver and Lindsay N. Currie in Brenda Drake's 2014 Pitch Wars for her young adult contemporary, HIS KISS. She has been a member of SCBWI since 2013.
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For the past four summers, she co-hosted and participated in Teachers Write, a virtual summer writing camp for teachers, with authors Kate Messner, Gae Polisner, and Jo Knowles. Jen was selected by mentor authors Trisha Leaver and Lindsay N. Currie in Brenda Drake's 2014 Pitch Wars for her young adult contemporary, HIS KISS. She has been a member of SCBWI since 2013.
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