Jenny McConville has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Tech and is currently working on her M.S. in Environmental Engineering at Michigan Tech. She was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but has spent two (non-consecutive) years abroad in Iceland and Switzerland.

She came to Michigan Tech to pursue a career in Nordic skiing and environmental engineering. Aside from world travel and skiing she enjoy camping, backpacking, and canoeing, as well as more domestic activities such as knitting and quilting. She is intrigued by sustainable wastewater treatment systems and watershed management techniques. She is interested in the Peace Corps as a way to apply her engineering skills in an area where she can make a direct positive impact on peoples lives and the environment.