After graduating with a degree in Computer Science and Economics from City University, London, she acquired the swimwear line Melissa Odabash.

[2] In 2009, Sanela created and launched the Neuro line of functional beverages based in Sherman Oaks, California where she currently is President and CEO.

[3] Diana Jenkins is the founder and CEO of D Empire Entertainment, a music label that represents emerging and established artists within the intersection of traditional and innovative media strategy, branding, publicity, recording, distribution and licensing.

[8] Sanela Diana Jenkins established The Irnis Catic Foundation in 2002 in memory of her brother who was killed during the Bosnian War.

[9] On May 5, 2018, Jenkins was honored at the Advisory Council for Bosnia & Herzegovina Gala in Washington, D.C. for her continued support and philanthropic activities in the country.

She compared the long-term recovery in Haiti to that in Bosnia and Herzegovina,[15] highlighted the need for basic humanitarian aid,[16] and argued that the U.S. military should not leave the country prematurely.

[17] In March 2010, Jenkins posted bail for former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ejup Ganić, who was detained in London on a Serbian extradition request.