Jendayi "Jenny" Harmon relocated to the BIG APPLE from Atlanta, Georgia to join Math for America as a Program Associate in October of 2007. Before joining Math for America she received her Bachelors from Alabama A&M University in Secondary Mathematics Education. Soon after graduation she began teaching high school mathematics in Riverdale, Georgia where she was the 1st place Varsity and Junior Varsity Math Team Coach, the Key Club advisor and a mentor to first year teachers.

Although teaching was extremely rewarding and fun, Jenny decided to attend The University of North Carolina in Charlotte to begin the Masters program in Mathematics. Upon the completion of her first year, she completed her second year masters in Mathematics at Southern University at Baton Rouge where she defended her thesis on Cryptography.

During her studies, Jenny has also conducted a lot of meaningful research in mathematics and mathematics education. Working with North Carolina State University, NASA and NSF she has concluded research on topics such as: "Cryptography: Developing Secret Code Systems," "Simulation as a Teaching Tool," "Forecasting in the Furniture Industry," and "Pedagogical tasks and their relationships to prospective teachers' uses of a video-case to examine students' work when solving mathematical tasks using technology."

Jenny currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where she loves walking to Target, meeting new people, shopping and wearing flats everywhere she goes.