E510 – Jenna Galloway, Nurturing Young Minds with Fledge
“That’s why I’m such an advocate as well for social impact investing because there are just so many things in our world that can be improved that will make life better.”
For Jenna Galloway, entrepreneurship wasn’t the plan—it was the path that emerged through lived experience. After navigating her own mental health challenges in university, Jenna shifted focus from pre-med to purpose, leading her to build early learning programs grounded in mindfulness, movement, and connection. Years later, when the pandemic upended in-person learning, Jenna saw a new opportunity: bring the same human-centred philosophy into the digital world. The result is Fledge, a software platform helping educators and caregivers foster mental well-being in children, not through passive content, but through intentional, interactive practice. Jenna reflects on the complexity of building a values-driven business in the tech space, the importance of research-backed design, and why creating impact often means choosing the harder road.