Meet the Founder, Jenifer Trivelli
Jenifer Trivelli, M.S. is an author, educator, and founder of WiseMind Educational Services, where she equips educators, families, and youth‑serving professionals with practical tools to strengthen emotional resilience and social‑emotional skills in children and adolescents.
Since 2005, Jenifer has worked in schools and community programs supporting the emotional well‑being of young people and the adults who serve them, beginning with founding the school counseling program at Culver Elementary in rural Oregon. She holds a master’s degree in Counseling with a focus in schools (Distinguished Student), is a Trauma‑Sensitive HeartMath Practitioner, and has completed training as a yoga (for kids and adults) and Qi Gong facilitator.
Jenifer is the author of Peanut and the BIG Feelings: A Guidebook for Children (English, Spanish, and German), a neuroscience‑informed guidebook designed to help young learners recognize and navigate big emotions with confidence and skill. She is also co‑author of Jamie’s Gift: A Young Teen’s Guide to Fears, Worries, and Other Life Challenges (Like Being Irritated By Other People) a practical and engaging resource that helps tweens and teens explore emotional growth, self‑understanding, and resilience through narrative and hands‑on strategies.
Both books extend the WiseMind ethos — grounding emotional literacy in approachable storytelling and scientifically‑rooted practices that support lifelong thriving.
Jenifer has shared her work internationally, presenting at The Embodiment Conference (2020), Somatic Experiencing International Annual Conference (2021), and as keynote speaker at the Early Childhood Educator Conference at Western Oregon University (2023). She has also contributed two dozen articles on resilience and social‑emotional development to local and professional publications.
After founding WiseMind in 2014, Jenifer worked with families privately and contracted with schools and nonprofit organizations in Oregon’s capital city, including Family Building Blocks and the Early Learning HUB of Marion & Polk Counties. She developed and delivered her first curriculum, TIME:IN, offered professional development for educators, and led community-based youth programs that included mindful movement and parent coaching. In collaboration with others, she offered summer youth retreats in nature settings from 2017-2025.
WiseMind's Emotion Coaching Project
In 2022, Jenifer was asked to innovate support for Tier 2 students experiencing emotional barriers. She assembled a team, integrating HeartMath biofeedback technology and her neuro-aware approach to emotion coaching. This was the birth of WiseMind Emotion Coaching, which was implemented with nearly 400 students across Salem-Keizer and Silver Falls school districts and the iBuild workforce program from 2023–2025, alongside training for over 400 educators, parents, and youth-serving professionals.
Jenifer lives with her family in the Willamette Valley - land of waterfalls, moss, and wonder. When she’s not working (and it’s not raining), you'll find her exploring the somatic invitations of motorcycling among the pines. Her current focus is on codifying the WiseMind curriculum and developing a certification track while continuing to support schools and organizations with professional development and consulting.