Childhood Education Coordinator
jtb149@psu.edu
Jenn Hooven holds a bachelor of science in recreation and park management with an option in environmental interpretation from Penn State. For the past 15 years, she has worked in child care at Penn State as a preschool educator, leading a team of practitioners to plan and implement emergent project-based curricula focused on nature and place-based education. Jenn has served as a mentor to students from the Colleges of Education, Health and Human Development, and Arts and Architecture. She has volunteered at the Arboretum’s Childhood’s Gate Children’s Garden since 2012, and joined the Arboretum staff in July 2021.