Jess is a writer/producer born and raised in New York. She is an alumni of the BFA program at the Film Conservatory of Purchase College. While in school, she embraced her bilingual abilities and  produced international/multi-lingual shorts that center culture and representation. Her latest short, Hattie, Abloom is an Official Selection at the Montreal Independent Film Festival and The Rhode Island Film Festival. Since Purchase, she has worked as an Associate Producer for Condé Nast Entertainment, producing videos for publications such as Vanity Fair and Teen Vogue.

Currently, Jess is working as a writer/producer for A+E Networks, helping prepare scripts for production on a new season of “The Toys That Built America”.  Jess strives to make personal, character-driven work with a nuanced and subjective, feminine lens.