Jessica is a 2015 Teach for America alum, Arkansas native, and passionate advocate for equitable education. Originally placed in her home state of Arkansas, Jessica has worked to better understand and fight against the systemic inequity of the education system since her first day in the classroom. She completed a master’s degree in educational studies by the end of her membership in the corps, and earned her principal’s license in 2019. She is currently enrolled at Texas Tech University as a Ph.D. student in Educational Leadership Policy, teaching science at a public high school in northeast Arkansas, and running her own educational consulting and advocacy company, Passion to Progress.