Born is South Africa, Jenny Meadow's family moved away in 1986 when she was two years old. After a move to Massachusetts, her family eventually "landed" in the Pacific Northwest. Jenny grew up in the suburbs of Beaverton with a brother who is two and a half years older. Her parents divorced at age five and Jenny and her brother lived "half time" with both parents. Jenny graduated from an alternative high school- NRST, best known as Natural Resources of Science and Technology High School. Graduating in just three years, there were just 43 students in her graduating class. After taking a year off to work and explore, she attended Marylhurst University in West Linn, OR. and in five years graduated with a BFA degree. During college, Jenny worked at Men's Warehouse and then United Tile. Upon graduating, she worked as an interior designer at Opsis Architecture for two years. There she was designing elementary schools, universities and community centers. After getting laid off, Jenny was excited to get back to school to become a teacher. While attending Concordia for a year to get her teaching degree, she met her husband. After dating for one and a half years, they married in 2011. Both are not only in love with each other, but with the Gorge as well. They married in Parkdale and both are now teaching full-time. Jenny student taught for a year, substitute taught for a year and then taught at the Corbett Charter School for three years and is now a 3,4,5 teacher at the Corbett Grade School. Living in a floating house on Hayden Island, she and her husband recently remodeled the home so they could stay near the water and birds that they both enjoy. Jenny loves to draw all the birds she sees from their home and also spends time cooking, sewing, gardening, and both swimming and hiking in the Gorge. At this time, the "baby" in the family is 11 year old "Kujo" who is a Shitzu Sheltie. Her passion? Teaching art and history to her students.
