Longtime Jackson-area resident, Jessica has been involved with theatres and theatre programs including Hinds Community College, Mississippi College, Phillips University (OK), Gaslight Theatre (OK), Black Rose Theatre, Primrose Path Theatre (founder), and New Stage Theatre. She worked as theatre director and teacher at Florence High School for four years. Some of her favorite shows include Spitfire Grill (Percy) at New Stage Theatre, The Hasty Heart (Margaret) at New Stage Theatre, and Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey) at Gaslight Theatre in OK. She now works as a full-time mom of a 5-year-old daughter and almost 1-year-old son, and she tries to squeeze in as much theatre as possible during these early years of her children.