Email Council Member Jenna Guzman-Lowery

Elected: 2020 (District 4)
Current Term:  2020-2024

Council Committee Assignments

City Commissions and Boards

Citrus Preservation Commission (primary)
Cultural Arts Commission (primary)
Street Tree Committee (alternate)
Human Relations Commission (primary)
Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission (alternate)
Traffic & Parking Commission (alternate)                                 

Area-Wide Committees/Community Organizations

Interagency Council on Homelessness (primary)

Background / Employment

Barista at Olive Avenue Market 2007-2013
Student Leadership Cal State Fullerton 2008-2013
Assistant educator at Montessori in Redlands 2014-2016
Community Circus Arts Co. Board Member
Director of Great Y Circus 2016-2017
Photographer/Owner at Circus Runaway Photo
Communications/media at American Youth Circus Organization, American Circus Educators and Circus Now
Mental Health Therapist at Citrus Counseling in the Trauma Recovery Center 

Community Involvement

Jenna has made Redlands her home base since her birth here in 1989. She has been highly involved in the community from a very young age. She has been a significant part of the YMCA community, Great Y Circus, CCAC, as well as the Armantrout Montessori Education Foundation. Jenna received her Bachelors of Arts in Cinema Studies with a minor in anthropology from California State University, Fullerton. Jenna worked with the American Circus Educators, American Youth Circus Organization and Cirque du Monde on efforts to understand the ways that social circus improves the social and emotional lives of youth in impacted communities. This ultimately led her to return to the academic environment at California State University,  Fullerton where she received her Masters of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She currently works as a mental health therapist for youth and adults throughout the inland empire. She believes in the importance of creating caring communities through infrastructural changes that make the lives of those in Redlands more equitable, happier, and better overall.

Personal

Resident of Redlands since 1989
Hobbies – Photographer, fitness enthusiast, lover of cinema/music/the arts, humanitarian, believer in the power of social movements