Jenelle Smith grew up in Los Angeles and within that, the theater world. She dedicated most of her life to learning the craft of acting, not only in theater but also film. She graduated with a BFA in Acting for the Stage and Screen in 2020. Some of her theater credits are To Kill a Mockingbird (Aaron Sorkin's version), Romeo and Juliet, and Our Town. Jenelle started pre-production on "Maddie's Card's" in the fall of 2022, after becoming deeply moved from her research on the domestic homicide epidemic in America. "Maddie's Card's" is Jenelle's first film that she has directed, wrote, and produced.