Jessica is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Arts at Marist, as well as a a video and media designer, filmmaker, editor, and producer.

Jessica's professional work outside of teaching has included designing and engineering video and interactive experiences for performances, installations, augmented and virtual reality experiences, as well as directing, shooting and editing experimental shorts, documentary, short narrative films and music videos. She actively explores issues such as environmental conservation, gender politics, ethical responsibility, caretaking and our relationship to technology in her work. Her projects have been presented in New York, London, Miami, Pittsburgh and written about in publications such as The New York Times.