Jordan received her Master's in Fine Art from the University of Montana where she studied Poetry and taught Composition, Rhetoric, and Creative Writing as a graduate student; she also has a certificate in Nonprofit Fundraising. She channeled her passion for community engagement while working under the Director of the Montana Book Festival. Through the pandemic, she began freelance assignments as a substitute poetry instructor for the Claremont Colleges, writing grants pro bono for low-income artists and fiscally-sponsored groups, leading virtual writing classes, and publishing critical essays in small journals. At The Community Foundation of SLO County, she spearheaded conversations with first-generation and non-native English-speaking college students to improve the scholarship application process. A published author, Jordan is passionate about supporting artists of all backgrounds and experience levels and growing a creative workforce on the Central Coast.