Jessica is a writer based out of New Jersey. Her love for writing was first encouraged at the Young People's Winter Writer's Workshop at Manhattanville College in 1999. There she cultivated a special connection with the written word and went on to write poetry in adolescence and young adulthood. In college, she joined the school newspaper where she gained an interest in relaying current events.

She went on to intern for publications such as Resource Magazine, Canarsie Courier and Viewing NYC. Her creative work has been featured in Trampset, Versification, Emerge Literary Journal, and New York Times Metropolitan Diary among others.  

She is the Managing Founder of Discretionary Love, a mixed-media platform dedicated to sharing the story of love.