Jessi has called the Bay Area home for the past 25 years. She graduated from San Francisco State University with a major in Liberal Studies and a minor in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism. 

She has been working in the youth development field for over 32 years.

Her passion is in connecting people to nature, and to each other.

In her spare time, you can find her reading under a tree, playing hockey, or tangled in the leashes of her three rescue dogs.