Jennifer Bechtel is the Program Director for the Innovation and Sustainability Living-Learning Communities. She helps to connect students living in these communities with the ample resources available on campus and elsewhere in Champaign-Urbana so that they may better achieve their personal goals. She is a former theatre educator with extensive leadership experience in the Champaign-Urbana theatre and film communities. She co-wrote the screenplay for the award-winning feature film Leading Ladies and wrote and directed the award-winning feature film Scary Normal.