Jean has been involved in church music since grade school as a choir member along with studying piano with a private teacher. She then studied organ and harp in high school while accompanying various school and church liturgies. Jean has spent many years in music ministry in varying capacities: organist, cantor, choir member and music director. She has been the Director of Sacred Music at Our Lady of Fatima parish in Piscataway for the last 10 years. Jean holds a Certificate in Church Music from Westminster Conservatory and a M.S. degree from Long Island University. She also spent many years working in the pharmaceutical industry, while serving as a church musician.