Walter Jensen was born in 1977 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and raised between river towns and church basements where he learned to mic choirs and fold chairs. He studied audio engineering at Madison Area Technical College and spent his twenties working gigs in Milwaukee clubs, union halls, and school auditoriums. After training as a peer recovery specialist, he co-founded North Avenue Listening, a grassroots workshop series that blends field recording, storytelling, and harm-reduction education. His essays and sound diaries have appeared in regional journals such as Lake Effect Magazine, North Country Journal, and Drift. Jensen lives in Minneapolis with a rescue greyhound named Maple and consults for community arts programs across the Upper Midwest.
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