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Jennifer Mertens
Jennifer Mertens earned her Master of Divinity from the Catholic Theological Union. She completed her undergraduate studies at Saint Louis University and currently teaches religion at a Catholic high school in Cincinnati.
She writes for NCR's Young Voices blog.