a Plague, about the AIDS activist group Act Up New York. She also worked as a Post Production Assistant/Assistant Editor on the 2013 South by Southwest-selected documentaryMaidentrip, which follows the around-the-world adventure of teenage sailor Laura Dekker. As well as working on documentaries, she wrote, directed, and animated the short stop-motion film Our Mechanical Future, which takes the form of a fictional news show and is set in a world where robotic arms have become a fashionable accessory. She was born and raised in North Bergen, New Jersey.

Jenina’s eyes were opened to the issues of food and community during her stay at an intentional community/organic farm, through the WWOOF volunteering program. She is excited to start growing some of her own food (heirloom seeds only!) for the first time this summer.