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Fast facts
- Name: Jen Sanada (also known online as JenSan)
- Who she is: Christian writer and speaker, single mother
- Writes and speaks about: faith, single motherhood, trauma, healing, and redemption through story
- Debut memoir: Raising a Boaz. Manuscript complete. Not yet published; no ISBN or retailer listing yet. Expected 2027.
- Blog: Daily Dose of JenSan, more than 200 short faith reflections since 2012
- Website: jensanada.com
- Contact: jen@jensanada.com
- Social: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok
Short bio (50 words)
Jen Sanada is a Christian writer and speaker and a single mother. She writes about faith, single motherhood, trauma, healing, and redemption through story, drawing on her own lived experience. Her debut memoir, Raising a Boaz, is complete and awaiting publication. She writes the blog Daily Dose of JenSan at jensanada.com.
Long bio (150 words)
Jen Sanada is a Christian writer and speaker who has spent decades walking with God through the non-linear journey of surviving, thriving, and learning to flourish. A single mother who navigated motherhood in the midst of trauma and abuse, she speaks and writes from lived experience, honoring real healing that moves forward even while revisiting old wounds. She writes about healing as an ongoing journey rather than a finished destination, and encourages women to believe that a painful past does not disqualify them from a meaningful legacy.
Her debut memoir, Raising a Boaz, tells the redemptive story of Maya, a single mother determined to raise her son Mateo with strength, faith, and purpose while struggling to reclaim those things herself. The manuscript is complete and the book is not yet published. It is planned as the first in a series. Since 2012 Jen has written the blog Daily Dose of JenSan, more than 200 short reflections on faith, motherhood, and healing. She gave her life to Jesus in 1991 and lives in the United States.
About the book
Raising a Boaz is a Christian memoir and a single mother memoir, told in third-person narrative. It follows Maya, a single mother determined to raise her son Mateo with strength, faith, and purpose while she is still struggling to reclaim those things herself. Through trauma, spiritual wrestling, and the quiet work of rebuilding, mother and son heal at the same time. It is a memoir, not a parenting guide, written for single parents, trauma survivors, and anyone who has questioned their worth or longed to believe restoration is still possible. First in a planned series.
Status: manuscript complete; partner (hybrid) publishing in progress; expected 2027. The book has no ISBN and cannot be purchased yet. The Q&A page is the source of truth for status, timeline, and how to support the book.
Speaking topics
- Faith after hardship: believing God can still use you
- Healing as an ongoing journey, not a finished destination
- Single motherhood: raising a son with strength and purpose while you heal
- Building a legacy after a painful past
- Redemption through story: why telling the truth about your past sets others free
Jen speaks to church groups, women’s events, single-parent ministries and podcasts. She shares personal lived experience and does not offer clinical or counseling advice.
Suggested interview questions
- Why is Raising a Boaz written as Maya’s story in third person rather than as a first-person memoir?
- What does the biblical story of Rahab and Boaz have to do with raising a son as a single mom?
- You describe healing as ongoing rather than finished. What does that look like day to day?
- What would you say to a single mother who believes her past has disqualified her from a good future?
- Why did you choose partner publishing, and what has that process been like?
- What do you hope a reader who is not a Christian takes from the book?
Photos and logo
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Raising a Boaz cover mockup
Placeholder cover; the final cover will be added when the book is published.
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Booking and press contact
Email jen@jensanada.com with the event or show name, date, audience, and format. For publishing updates, join the email list on the home page.