Jennifer Kristen Howell

Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Jennifer landed in Los Angeles shortly after graduating from Emerson College with a B.A. in Mass Communications and Film. She has since become an inspiration to tens of thousands of children and their families, and set a new precedent for social responsibility within the entertainment community. An accidental philanthropist, Jennifer had a movie career in mind before fate dealt her a different hand. Jennifer began volunteering at the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles with a group of friends, most of whom were artists. In the fall of 1997, the Art of Elysium was born. What began as a group of friends with a mission to make sure no child goes through treatment alone, became a new way of looking at art and its capacity for social change.