She earned the following degrees: B.S.Utah State University (Logan, Utah) and M.A.

[1] Jensen's novel Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys was awarded third prize at the 2004 Irreantum fiction contest by the Association for Mormon Letters.

[2] Jensen's novel has grown to include an international audience.

A feature article in an online Brisbane, Australia news link conducted an interview to discuss the book and current events.

This article about a novelist of the United States born in the 1950s is a stub.