Jen Ruiz: Turning your passion into profits

Turning your passion into profits is possible! As the founder of Jen on a Jet Plane, LLC, Jen Ruiz creates and shares content that inspires and empowers students to travel more and turn their passion into a business. Jen is a 3-time TEDx speaker, 6-time bestselling author, and 6-time national award-winning writer. With over 10 years of experience in this field, she has built a loyal and engaged audience of more than 375,000 travelers. She has been featured in Forbes, The Washington Post, ABC News, and other media outlets. Jen leverages her skills in public speaking, blogging, and travel writing to partner with global brands and destinations such as Airbnb, Samsonite, Audible, Meta, and Viking Cruises. Jen's social media content has garnered more than 100M views and her new memoir, 12 Trips in 12 Months, tells the story of how she quit her job as a lawyer after visiting 41 cities across 11 countries in one year. It is a LibraryReads Top New Release for 2024. In episode 480 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Jen chose FIU for her undergraduate experience, why she decided to join Delta Phi Epsilon, what motivated her to get a law degree at the University of Maryland, why she decided to quit her job as a lawyer, how college students can take what they are passionate about and turn it into a career, how you can build rapport and meet people who are different than you for recruitment, how you can use challenges to motivate your team to accomplish their goals, how we can educate students and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, and how college fraternities and sororities can build a big following on social media (Jen has 375,000 social media followers). Enjoy!