Jill Michele Jensen, a 2010 graduate of Albert Lea High School, received her Bachelor of Arts degree, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus in December 2012 in journalism and Spanish.

Jensen will attend the University of Minnesota law school beginning September 2013. She was awarded a University of Minnesota law school scholarship in the amount of $10,000 per year for the 2013-14 academic year.

The scholarship is automatically renewed for each of the three years by the University of Minnesota law school.

She is the daughter of Theresa Jensen, formerly of Albert Lea.