Jeneanne Lock has called Utah home for a total of 17 years. Within the Beehive state, Jeneanne has lived in Provo, Orem, Millcreek and Salt Lake City.

She attended Brigham Young University and BYU-Hawaii for her undergraduate studies. She has a bachelor’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from BYU-Hawaii. She also obtained a teaching credential in California, where she taught children in kindergarten, first and second grades at Spanish immersion schools. Here in the Beehive state, Jeneanne has shared her love of literacy as a mom, a teacher, and a children’s librarian.

While serving as a volunteer missionary for her church in New Jersey, Jeneanne learned Spanish, served immigrant/refugee communities, and taught English classes at a YWCA.

Jeneanne’s favorite hobbies are reading, rollerskating, and traveling. Jeneanne also delights in learning about her ancestry and family’s cultures. She is Hawaiian, Chinese and Portuguese. 

Jeneanne has lived in 6 states (Hawaii, California, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Jersey, and Utah), visited 23 states and traveled to 6 countries: Canada, Fiji, Mexico, New Zealand, Tahiti and Tonga.

Since moving to Salt Lake City in 2023, Jeneanne has become quite civically engaged. She has served as a neighborhood council board member, secretary, executive chair, and a committee chair for Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council. She has also served as a precinct chair and delegate in her neighborhood, as well as a treasurer for the Utah AANHPI Democratic Caucus. In the past few years, Jeneanne has attended several trainings to develop leadership skills and prepare to serve in public office: National Leadership Academy hosted by Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS); Mentorship Program by Utah Women Run; Political Development Series by Women’s Leadership Institute; Community Leadership Workshop and Startups by Westside Leadership Institute. 

Jeneanne has spent the past few years working as a volunteer, employee or independent contractor for several nonprofit organizations and one state commission: Utah Pacific Islander Civic Engagement Coalition, Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition, A Bolder Way Forward, Know Your Lemons, American Cancer Society, Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council and the Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Commission.