Jennifer grew up in Western Sydney to Lebanese migrant parents. She worked in Sydney and Tasmania before becoming a political reporter at Parliament House in Canberra in 2016 for Sky News, before joining the 7NEWS Canberra bureau, working alongside political editor Mark Riley, and political correspondents Rob Scott and Rachel Baxter. In 2020, Jennifer was named the Press Gallery Young Journalist of the Year for her body of work which included a major exclusive on budget leaks.