Jennifer Wells is a Southern girl at her roots – born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, building her career in Huntington, West Virginia, and now making her home in Montgomery, Alabama.

Following Hurricane Katrina, Jennifer moved to the Mountain State where she completed higher education in social work and practiced in the field for nearly two decades.

Now living in Alabama, Jennifer is still enthusiastically pursuing joy for Black Americans as the Director of Economic Justice at Community Change/Community Change Action, a national organization that builds the power and capacity of low-income people to change the policies and institutions that impact their lives.