Jess received her master’s degree from Boston College School of Social Work, where she focused on working with children, youth, and families, and has her bachelor’s degree from Connecticut College, where she studied psychology and gender, sexuality, and intersectionality studies. Jess was previously working on Bradley Hospital’s Adolescent Inpatient Unit and Acute Residential Program as a clinician in Rhode Island. Jess is licensed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island as a clinical social worker.