She is a proud alumna of the University of Minnesota and Wayne State Law School. Since moving to the Upper Peninsula in 2013, she has focused her practice primarily on criminal defense where she was a partner at the firm Numinen, DeForge & Mathieu. Since graduating from law school in 2009, Jana has focused her practice on ligating on behalf of underserved members of society, whether through court-appointed criminal defense, litigation against corporations, or civil rights work.