Jennifer Gottesfeld is from Los Angeles, California. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in Anthropology. In 2007, Jennifer was a project manager for the INGO Forge, a subsidiary of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), under which she fundraised for, developed and implemented a health education center in Kala Refugee Camp in Zambia. Jennifer also participated in a year of service with AmeriCorps where she worked as a paralegal at the Inglewood Courthouse providing legal aid to self-representing litigants. While in college, Jennifer took a semester off to work as a volunteer EMT in Israel. Until her departure for Malawi, Jennifer is working as the resource development officer for corporate and foundation grants at International Medical Corps. In the past, Jennifer worked as a consultant for The Slate Foundation, a small non-profit focused on sustainable development in Central and East Africa and has helped them develop their health intervention programs. After graduating from UCLA, Jennifer had a brief stint in the entertainment industry, working as a production accountant and associate producer on movies in Los Angeles and Peru.