Jenny Malika Mish first danced in a Tara Mandala in the late 1990s in Flagstaff, Arizona. In 2001, she was privileged to join Prema and Anahata on a pilgrimage to South India, and in 2008, she launched the Salt Lake City Tara Dance Sangha by organizing a Tara Mandala Dance offering at a women's shelter in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

She recently moved to South Bend, Indiana, where she is starting a new Tara Dance Sangha.

Jenny is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and Sustainability at the University of Notre Dame. Previously, she operated a resume business and worked with vulnerable youth in transition to adulthood. She is a certified leader of the Dances of Universal Peace.