Jennifer Walburger's journey began at the age of 11 with the birth of her younger brother, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and mental retardation. Her parents divorced shortly after, and she became one of his primary caretakers. As she spent years toilet training him, watching his therapy sessions behind one-way glass, and visiting his self-contained school, she knew she wanted to work with people with disabilities as a career.

Jennifer received a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education, Severe and Profound, from Utah State University in 1995, after completing an intensive training program that included many hours of hands-on training with students of all ages and ability levels. Throughout her career, she has worked in both self-contained and inclusion settings with a wide variety of students. During her first year of teaching, Jennifer became involved with the Mandt System, which helped her to develop patience, understanding and behavior intervention skills when working with students in crisis. She became a trainer with the Mandt System and has had the opportunity to instruct other special education teachers, staff members, and parents about working with children. Jennifer was also fortunate enough to be trained with the TEACCH system, in which she had the opportunity to meet and work with many unique students with autism.

Jennifer currently works as a resource room teacher at an elementary school that has been a Reading First institution since 2006. The school has undergone a tremendous amount of training and change to utilize the latest scientific research in reading instruction, which has allowed Jennifer to develop her understanding of reading instruction and dyslexia. Jennifer currently supervises, instructs and assists students with autism and Asperger's disorder as they are included in their regular classrooms. She instructs many students with dyslexia, other learning disabilities, and emotional disabilities. Jennifer feels fortunate for each and every student she comes in contact with, as they all teach her something important she is able to use in teaching other students.