My Story
With a B.A. in Visual Arts from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and an MFA from the University of San Diego/Old Globe Theatre, Jennifer Schelter shared in a Tony Award for Best Regional Theater at the Denver Center Theater Company while staring in the world premiere of Taking Leave. She has written and produced four one-woman shows: People We Meet, Dream, Lingerie, and Love Lessons from Abu Ghraib. Love Lessons was produced by Amnesty International at Capital Hill Arts Workshop and the InterAct Theater Company in Philadelphia.
Named “Best of Philly” three times for yoga and mindfulness instructor, in 2003, Schelter co-founded the Reach and Raise fundraiser and designed a meditation and yoga event that helped raise over 5 million dollars for Living Beyond Breast Cancer Organization.
She was a professional writing and mindfulness instructor for “Natural Reboot,” a reality TV show. She facilitates journal writing and mindful leadership programs at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Leadership and Management Programs, and Morris Arboretum. She has taught and lectured at Kripalu Center, Woodloch Lodge, Xinalani (Mexico), and memoir writing at Maine Media Workshop and College.
Her ongoing cross-pollination and study of meditation, memoir writing, storytelling, painting, and yoga offer a rich, somatic approach to self-awareness, creativity, and authentic, heartfelt growth.
A world traveler to over 18 countries, Jennifer loves living in a converted horse stable in the suburbs of Philadelphia with two cats, reading, writing, painting, and tending in her tiny garden and cherished community.
