Jennifer Broussard was born and raised in Texas. One of her early inspirations came from Sally Gall, her sister's early childhood friend, who traveled to Europe to become a photographer. She sent home a small handmade book full of stories and photos of her travels. The book was small enough to neatly fit into Jennifer's small young hands, and it is what fired her interest in photography. While she was still young, Jennifer used to collect colored leaves and bits of nature at the family farm and to find items that washed up on the Gulf of Mexico by her family beach house. The foliage always turned brown, much to her surprise, but when she started using the camera, she found that she was able to keep them alive forever. She continues to glean creative inspiration from nature.
Jennifer attended Sam Houston State University where she majored in photography. While at the college, she met Dale O'Dell who became her first mentor. She admired Dale O'Dell’s work and that made her to transfer to The Art Institute of Houston, where coincidentally, O'Dell became her teacher. That made her to have confidence that she was on the right track, and that something special was happening to her. She completed her education at the institute in 1985, gaining a degree in photography. Jennifer has since attended many classes and seminars, gathered many insights from her peers within the photographic and fine art fields. Her travels have taken her to France, Belgium, New York City, Mexico, Japan, Wales, Holland, Western Canada and most of the Southern states.
