Her educational background includes a BA from Wheaton College; a MA from Northern Illinois University; and a MA from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Before coming to Trinity in 1990 Jana spent 10 years as an associate director of youth ministry at Willow Creek Community Church and Garden Grove Community Church. She has done short-term missions work and taught courses in such places as the Philippines, El Salvador, Poland, and Mexico. Jana loves every minute of teaching the emerging adults that have come through her courses and is active in mentoring students and serving at her local church. When she isn’t concentrating on developing the next generation of leaders, she enjoys hiking, photography, backpacking, walking her extremely energetic pup and doing projects around her house.