Jennifer Okosun

Young Parent Elevation Network (YPEN) was created by Maryland native Jennifer Okosun, who became homeless and a single mom at 21 years old suffering from PTSD and codependency due to the impact of childhood trauma and family violence. Jennifer lacked the knowledge to overcome challenges and reached out to a life coach at 23 years old. Her life coach was able to help with changing her negative thinking into positive thinking, shift her perspective on the past, developed her self-worth and gave her the tools to coach herself. There are many young parents that suffer from multiple childhood traumas that do not know-how to move forward in a positive direction. That’s why, Young Parent Elevation Network (YPEN) was created, to give them the resources and tools to make things better for themselves and the next generation. Jennifer is a speaker and soon-to-be author of her memoir Raising Yourself to Raise the Next Generation.