Jenna Okun received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Veterinary Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2015, where she maintained a 3.88 GPA. She has extensive research experience, including designing her own honors thesis experiment and conducting experiments involving bacteria, duck sperm morphology, and mouse sperm capacitation. Okun has worked as a veterinary assistant at Northampton Veterinary Clinic since 2015 and has previous veterinary experience from internships and a study abroad program in South Africa. She also has leadership experience as a resident assistant and summer camp head counselor.