Jen Appel New York

Jen Appel is an artist, educator, filmmaker, and founder based in Locust Valley, New York, with deep professional roots across all five boroughs of New York, including Long Island, New York City, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. She was born in Old Brookville, NY, to parents whose own upbringings reflected the city's cultural breadth, with her father growing up in the Bronx and her mother in Brooklyn. This layered background helped shape an early connection to storytelling, place, and civic life.

For more than 30 years, she has developed a multifaceted career spanning film, education, branding, and civic media. Her work has moved fluidly across theater, film, fine art, and music, while also encompassing a long-standing commitment to teaching advanced humanities subjects. Appel has taught A.P. U.S. History, U.S. Government, Business, and Entrepreneurship, bringing creative practice and academic rigor into the classroom.