As Director of Strategy and Community Engagement with Caltech’s Office of Strategic Communications, Jennifer Torres helps to communicate the Institute’s worldwide impact on science, engineering, and education. Through public events and initiatives such as the Caltech Science Exchange, she works to enhance understanding and engagement around scientific topics, and to foster meaningful connections among a science-interested public and Caltech’s faculty, students, and staff. She grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and lives with her husband and two daughters in Sierra Madre.