{"id":6373,"date":"2019-01-09T08:52:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T13:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/?p=6373"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:16:55","slug":"instructor-spotlight-jennifer-ju","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/instructor-spotlight-jennifer-ju\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructor Spotlight: Jennifer Ju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jennifer Ju, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edison \u2013 North, and Helen Kim, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of East Brunswick <\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/jjsmaller-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer helping a student\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/jjsmaller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/jjsmaller.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a second-generation Kumon franchise owner, Jennifer Ju, Instructor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/EDISON-NORTH\" aria-label=\"Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edison \u00e2\u0080\u0093 North\">Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edison \u2013 North<\/a>, is carrying on the success of her mother, Helen Kim. \u201cI knew immediately that Jennifer was going to make a great Instructor, and that she was going to bring a new energy to the Kumon Center\u201d said Helen.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Jennifer isn\u2019t just a second-generation Kumon Instructor, she brings another unique perspective to her center\u2014former Kumon Student. She enrolled in Kumon at four years old, and successfully completed the both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/math-program\" aria-label=\"math\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/reading-program\" aria-label=\"reading programs\">reading programs<\/a> by the time she was 15. The love that she developed for math and the sense of confidence that the Kumon Method instilled, inspired her to become an engineer. She was a valuable member of the civil engineering firm responsible<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6376 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/JJ_1-172x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer at her Kumon Center\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>for developing E-ZPass, the electronic toll collection system used in most northeastern states.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Even though she spent most of her youth in her mom\u2019s Kumon Center, first as a student and then as an assistant, she never saw herself becoming the owner and instructor of her own center. She was on the path of becoming a professional engineer, when life opened a new door. She had the opportunity to takeover one of her mom\u2019s Kumon Centers and become her own boss.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Jennifer will continue to live out her mother\u2019s legacy through her instruction and innovation. She was raised as a Kumon child and is now a successful Kumon Instructor with a lot of spunk and personality to share with her students!<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Learn more about the Kumon franchise opportunity and discover <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/JXjiXp\" aria-label=\"additional franchisee success stories\">additional franchisee success stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Ju, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edison \u2013 North, and Helen Kim, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of East Brunswick <\/p>\n<p>\nAs a second-generation Kumon franchise owner, Jennifer Ju, Instructor of Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edison \u2013 North, is carrying on the success of her <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kumon"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Instructor Spotlight: Jennifer Ju - Student Resources<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jennifer Ju is a second-generation Kumon Instructor who is carrying on the success of her mother, Helen. 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