I’m Jenna Bennett, a historian‑archivist who spent years surrounded by manuscripts, museum boxes, and the quiet thrill of discovery. Four years into a PhD and three master’s degrees later, I realized I had misplaced something important: my creativity. The painting, drawing, and designing that once lit me up had faded into footnotes.

So I pivoted. Hard.

Marketing didn’t just give me a new career path, it gave me my spark back. Suddenly I was blending research with imagination, strategy with storytelling, and finding joy in the colorful, messy, human side of how people connect.

My academic background still shapes everything I do. I bring historical perspective, archival precision, and the pattern‑spotting instincts honed from years of studying how people communicate. As an autistic person who masks at a high level, I’ve spent my life reading people closely — a lived reality that taught me to notice nuance, anticipate needs, and understand what makes audiences respond.

And yes, I’m still a historian at heart. I research and publish independently on twentieth‑century American material culture and food history, keeping one foot in the archives while the rest of me dances in the world of marketing.

It’s an unexpected mix — part scholar, part storyteller, part strategist — but it’s exactly where I’m meant to be.