Jeanette has over fourteen years of production experience working in the film, TV, and music video industries. She began her career working with the non-profit foundation Dignity of Man on a Project Freedom music video entitled Kolorblynd. It was a project created to give youth a voice in the community and mentor them to work in the film/TV field.

Jeanette's love of travel and cultural diversity brought her to study at UCLA in the World Arts and Cultures Department. She took a leave of absence in 1995 in order to accept a job at Sony Pictures Imageworks as Visual Effects Coordinator on James and the Giant Peach. This leap would give her the technical foundation for the new digital mediums used in filmmaking today. Her work at Sony continued for two years, working on such projects as Money Train and Michael.

In April 1997, She was one of two Americans headhunted to start Tony and Ridley Scott's new VFX facility in London.   The job with Mill Film included training new P.A.'s and Coordinators in all aspects of VFX production, overseeing the implementation of an accounting system, a production tracking system, a resume database, creating bid forms, etc. This opportunity of working abroad gave her the beginnings of working in film on a global level. During her two years there, she helped to set up a new film division and worked on Lost in Space, Waking Ned Devine, Enemy of the State, Hilary and Jackie, and Still Crazy.

Since establishing CatchLight in 1999 she has served as an executive producer for romantic comedies In the Weeds and Amy’s O and Producer for the documentaries Red, White and Buddha, and World Festival of Sacred Music , and narrative feature film Break a Leg. She has appeared on such film panels as at the 2000 Pusan Inernational Film Festival in South Korea and the Thai Film Panel at Sony Pictures. In addition to bringing her invaluable operations skills to CatchLight Films, Jeanette spearheads the production department.