Jessica is a military brat who grew up all over the US but claims her roots in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were most of her family is from. She grew up in competitive gymnastics and dance, and later went on to acting. Jess attended one of the top 10 performing arts high schools in the country, graduating with a college prep arts diploma. After receiving a scholarship to the American Music and Dramatic Academy, she moved to NYC and graduated on the Dean's List. She continued to take classes at various NYC dance schools (Westside Dance Project, New Dance Group). Jess's first dance gig was as a solo tap dancer for the American Teacher Awards on the Disney Channel. She later went on to work commercially as a dancer for VH1, AT&T, and FUSE tv. As a coach, she brought home gold medals several years in a row for her students in Hip Hop and Acro at the Macabi Jr Olympics. Jessica performed the lead role Off-Broadway in SHE HAS A NAME, played opposite Jim Parsons in "The King's Inn" and was recurring as Liv Russell on "As The World Turns”. She can also be seen as a co-star on The Blacklist (S6.E20) and a guest star on Chicago Med (S6.E13).