Jennifer Myers

Activist, Artist, Buddhist, Change Agent, Connector, Consultant, Explorer, Idea generator, Life mentor, Performer, Producer, Single, Social entrepreneur, Writer/Editor

Jennifer is an author, speaker, and prison consultant whose fervent desire is to bring an end to our country’s mass incarceration problem, and to find alternatives to imprisonment. In 2009, Jennifer founded LA Myers Consulting, a prison consulting business where she supports people affected by the criminal justice system, and their families. Her passion to be an advocate for women in prison and youth with incarcerated parents led Jennifer to co-found R.I.S.E. to Empower, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering girls and women to make positive choices. Their work with At-risk, teen girls led to their program being accepted into San Diego U.S. Federal Probation’s reentry initiative, where they facilitate high-risk women recently released from Federal Prison. Jennifer’s memoir, Trafficking the Good Life, was a finalist in the 2014 San Diego Book & Writing Awards. Her writing has received accolades in the PEN Prison Writing Contest, and has been published in Salon Magazine, the anthology Razor Wire Women, and The Huffington Post. Jennifer has spoken extensively to teens about making good choices and was a TEDx speaker at TEDxWilmingtonWomen, 2017. She has been interviewed by Bloomberg News and Entertainment Tonight, and has appeared as a Prison Consultant on Inside Edition and Lifetime’s special, Abby Tells All. The last two years Jennifer has journeyed back to prison to help produce San Diego’s first TEDx events inside of a prison. Working on the TEDxDonnovanCorrectional Core Team has intensified Jennifer’s desire to change the paradigm of our criminal justice system. She is deeply affected by the men she meets locked up on life sentences. Their big hearts, and willingness to transform, continue to inspire Jennifer, weekly, and confirm to her that some of the most courageous people live behind bars. When not delving into her work to empower girls and women, Jennifer enjoys yoga, meditation, hiking by the sea, painting, and writing books for children and young adults. She is hopelessly devoted to her Tabby, Otis, and has been known to profess, she is ‘addicted to prison’.

Author, Consulting, Criminal Justice Reform, Director of Programs, Facilitation, Nonprofit, Prison Advocacy, Prison Consultant, Speaking, Women in Prison