Jessica is a movement artist from Virginia who believes that dance has the power to build community, while igniting social change and empathy. She graduated from Elon University with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography, B.A. in Arts Administration, with a Business Administration minor. In Fall 2022, Jessica’s choreography “Just Becoming” was selected to be in Elon’s Dancing in the Landscape Performance of 2022. Spring 2023, she was selected to study abroad at the Florence Dance Center in Italy. At Elon, she was a Rhoades Scholar, conducting undergraduate research on dance improvisation for healing, care, and community, which was presented Spring 2024. She has also danced professionally with Kista Tucker Insights Modern Dance Company and the Fairfax Ballet. Jessica is currently a company dancer with Gin Dance and the Little Dancer Program Coordinator and teacher at the Dance Academy of Virginia. She also directs her own project, Movement Unscripted, that researches movement improvisation.