Jennifer A. Nielsen: Hello, my name is Jennifer Nielsen. You've probably heard my first name before, maybe once or twice or I don't know, a million times. When they named me, my parents swore they didn't know another baby named Jennifer, but within the year, three other babies on that street had my same name. It went on to be the most popular name of the decade, nice job mom and dad.

My last name, Nielsen, is Danish. It means son of Niel, whoever he is. There's almost as many ways to spell it as there are people in the world named Jennifer, so I never worry if people can pronounce my last name, only if they can spell it. That's my name, Jennifer Nielsen.