Jennifer Lee, Full-time Clinical Faculty

The Walt Disney Company was the first business to see Jennifer's analytical, team building, and leadership skills, hiring her as a Financial Analyst immediately after she received her Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Economics from Barnard College of Columbia University.  Her love of students and education soon found her in the business of education, performing in a variety of capacities ranging from tutoring, counseling, and curriculum development to financial planning and creating administrative reports.  She has extensive experience designing math SAT I and II preparatory curriculum, supporting students one-on-one in learning this curriculum, and facilitating a large group of students in preparing for these exams.  Working with groups of students, she realized her desire to teach math in the classroom.  She began teaching full time at Animo Leadership Charter High School in Inglewood, California, while earning her Master's of Arts in Education and Secondary Credential in Mathematics from Loyola Marymount University.  She has seven years of teaching experience, to include developing curriculum in all courses from sixth grade through Pre-Calculus as well as implementing curriculum that aligns each subject matter to the state standards. Jennifer also focused on creating opportunities for cross-curricular lessons and involving the community in embracing mathematics.  Now a full time clinical faculty member at LMU in the Math and Science Teaching (MAST) program, Jennifer continues to teach geometry at the high school in the morning, and then uses her expertise in geometry and teacher leadership to actively contribute to the success of the MAST program within the urban areas of Los Angeles where she shares her expertise with teachers and administrators in how to engage and support at-risk students in mathematics so that they will experience measurable success in their classes, based on the California standardized tests.