Journalism and Creative Writing – University of Kansas
Certificate in Writing and Criticism – New York University (NYU)
Certificate in English Literature – Harvard University Extension School
Certificate in Visual Arts – School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Certificate in Children’s Arts – University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Jennifer Thoa is the Content Editor and Designer at ColoringPagesOnly.com – one of four core team members who operate the site daily – and the primary author and editor of the site’s long-form educational coloring page articles. She holds a degree in Journalism and Creative Writing from the University of Kansas, along with certifications from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), New York University, Harvard University Extension School, and the University of California, San Diego.
Her editorial role: Jennifer writes and edits the long-form articles that accompany every coloring page collection on ColoringPagesOnly.com. Each article covers the factual background of the subject depicted – the character’s publication history, the animal’s biology, the cultural tradition’s geographic origin, the vehicle’s design specifications – alongside specific coloring technique guidance, craft project ideas, and a detailed FAQ section built around questions people actually search. Her standard for every piece of content she publishes: every factual claim must be traceable to a named primary source with a verifiable date. Generic enthusiasm without specific, accurate, useful information does not meet the standard and is not published.
Her design role: Jennifer handles the visual design work for the site’s coloring page collections and supporting materials. Her dual responsibility as editor and designer means the written content and the visual presentation of each collection are developed by the same person, producing coherence between what the articles say and what the pages show.
Research methodology: Jennifer approaches every new subject as a journalism assignment. For anime characters, she identifies the manga’s publication date, creator, serialization history, and the character’s specific abilities and canonical color design. For animals, she sources IUCN Red List status, documented behavioral research, and species-specific biological data. For historical figures, automotive history, and cultural traditions, she works from named primary sources with specific dates – not secondary summaries. The range of her subject matter coverage is broad because her research approach is consistent regardless of subject.
Coverage across the library: Her editorial work covers the full scope of ColoringPagesOnly.com’s 100,000+ page library:
Her editorial philosophy: “The person who downloaded this page has already decided they want to color it. The article’s job is to give them something they did not have before – a fact about the character’s history, a piece of information about why the animal’s biology is remarkable, a coloring technique that will make the finished page look better. If the article does not do that, it has wasted the reader’s time. That is the standard we hold everything to.”
What she manages every day:
