Jenna Martorana '18
Owner, Sparkling Designs and Gifts
Authentic. Creative. Fearless.
“I am inspired by the younger generations. I have had opportunities to talk and work with students in kindergarten to 12th grade throughout Pennsylvania about mental health. Some of these experiences have been as a school counselor while others were as a youth ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness or from when I read my children’s book, Pearl’s Purpose.”
Current City: Reading, PA
MU Degree(s): B.A. in Multidisciplinary Studies-Applied Disability Studies
’Ville for Life Snapshots
- MU Student Involvement: Color Guard- Captain, Feature Twirlers Club, Best Buddies, Intramural Flag Football.
- An active member of the County of Berks Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board.
- Serves as a youth ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness and volunteers as an Ending the Silence school presenter for local and Keystone state chapters, and the national organization.
- As Miss Pennsylvania Collegiate USA, she promotes her platform “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay” throughout Keystone State.
- Author of Pearl’s Purpose- The Story of How One Little Girl Learned It’s Okay to Not Be Okay.
- Owner of Sparkling Designs and Gifts making custom creations for over 1,400 pageant titleholders nationwide.
- A certified school counselor serving students in Pennsylvania
How did Millersville University help you get to where you are today?
Millersville University equipped me with the skills I needed to be the advocate I am today. Thanks to the flexibility of my program, I was able to choose courses that were geared towards my goals of becoming a school counselor. This allowed me to go into my master’s program with the confidence that my education set me up for success on my path to becoming a school counselor.