Chaplain Jennifer Dukes is originally from the Atlanta metropolitan area. She is a graduate of Beulah Heights University and the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. She is an ordained itinerate elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She completed her Clinical Pastoral Education at Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods  and at the VA Portland Health Care System. Since 2013 she has been the Mental Health Chaplain at CAVHCS.

“It is an honor to be a chaplain, to be trusted enough to hear the most intimate and vulnerable aspects of someone’s life, and to be able to help them reframe their narrative which will empower them to live their best life.”—Jennifer Dukes