Hi, I’m Jenn.
The first thing you’ll discover about me is that I’m passionate about a lot of things: skiing, sailing, writing, adventuring, photographing, and my heritage. My love of travel, new cultures, and foreign languages has taken me around the world since I was 13 years old. I’ve lived in France, Lithuania, and New Zealand, worked on volunteer projects in Berlin and Belgium, run with the bulls in Pamplona, taught Norwegian in Norway, raced a sailboat from LA to Honolulu, and skied my way across the Alps and the Rocky Mountains.
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My love of travel, languages, and new cultures shaped me early. I’ve lived and worked across Europe, the US, and New Zealand, often on one-way tickets, learning how different places—and people—organize themselves around shared values, constraints, and goals. Those experiences taught me how to listen first, adapt quickly, and move between worlds with respect and clarity.
My connection to Lithuania runs deeper than travel. My grandparents fled the country during World War II, crossing wartime Germany before immigrating to the United States in 1950. Decades later, after Lithuania regained independence, I returned to reclaim my citizenship, study the language at Vilnius University, and reconnect with a history that had shaped my family in quiet but lasting ways.
What began as a six-month plan turned into five and a half years. I worked in international media as a photo editor and writer, and began writing “Letter from Lithuania,” a column about life in a newly independent country, seen through a Lithuanian-American lens. It was my first sustained experience translating complex cultural change for an outside audience.
During that time, I also founded Lithuania’s first-ever youth ski program. I built the organization from scratch—recruiting coaches, designing training programs, organizing international travel, and securing sponsors. Within a few years, the team produced Olympic athletes and future national sports leaders. More than anything, it taught me how to build systems, develop talent, and lead with clarity in environments where nothing is guaranteed.
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I found my way into technology through writing and storytelling. Today, I work at the intersection of strategy, communication, and complex systems—helping organizations explain what they do, why it matters, and how it fits into the world. Whether the tool is words, images, or structure, my focus is always the same: telling stories people can trust.