When Help Group alum Jenna Grabow appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show this spring, she wasn’t just representing her growing beauty brand — she was representing a new vision of what adulthood, entrepreneurship, and inclusion can look like for autistic young adults. 

The co-founder of Beauty By Jenna, Jenna has transformed her passion for beauty and self-expression into a fast-growing business with a powerful mission: creating meaningful employment opportunities for disabled adults. Warm, charismatic, and unapologetically herself, Jenna’s national television appearance introduced audiences across the country to a young entrepreneur whose story is as inspiring as the products she creates. 

For Help Group, the moment carried special meaning. 

Jenna joins a growing list of Bridgeport Vocational Center alumni gaining national recognition, including Love on the Spectrum stars Abbey Romeo and Dylan Aguilar. As Help Group’s transition-to-adulthood program for neurodivergent young adults, Bridgeport helps students build independence, workplace skills, confidence, and community. Long before national television appearances and viral social media moments, Jenna was developing the determination, self-advocacy, and entrepreneurial spirit that would later help launch her business and public platform. Now, she’s using that platform to change perceptions. 

Beauty By Jenna is more than a beauty brand. It’s a statement about capability, opportunity, and belonging. Co-founded with her sister-in-law Anna Grabow, the company was created with the goal of opening doors for autistic and disabled adults who are too often overlooked in traditional employment spaces.  

“Our big goal is to create full-time work for our current team and eventually hire 100 disabled adults,” Jenna shared with Jennifer Hudson. 

At a time when conversations around autism are evolving, Jenna represents a generation of neurodivergent young adults challenging outdated assumptions about what is possible. She brings visibility to autistic young adults navigating careers, relationships, creativity, and public life on their own terms. 

Together, their stories reflect something larger happening within the neurodiversity community: a shift away from limitation-focused narratives and toward stories centered on talent, ambition, individuality, and joy. 

“It’s been so amazing seeing Jenna blossom. She’s never been so confident,” Anna added. 

For the Help Group community, Jenna’s success is both a celebration and a reminder of why transition-to-adulthood programs matter. Young adults need more than support in childhood — they need pathways into meaningful, connected, fulfilling adult lives. 

Jenna Grabow is building exactly that kind of future — not only for herself, but for countless others who will see themselves reflected in her story. 

And in true Jenna fashion, she’s doing it with confidence, compassion, and the perfect tinted lip balm. 

If you’d like to support Jenna, visit ShopBeautyByJenna.com or follow @beautybyjennaofficial on Instagram.