Originally from Ramallah, Jennifer Jajeh is a San Francisco-based actress, curator and independent filmmaker. A UCLA graduate, she received her actor's training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City. In addition to her work as a performer, she has worked internationally as an arts administrator in places as diverse as Prague and Palestine. In Spring 2002, she founded Girls On Film, an ongoing women of color screening series at Artist's Television Access in San Francisco. In My Own Skin is her first film.