RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MUSIC EDUCATION FROM HARTWICK COLLEGE AND A MASTERS DEGREE IN INTEGRATED CURRICULUM WITH A FOCUS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. SHE HOLDS NEW YORK CERTIFICATION IN BOTH MUSIC EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION AND HAS BEEN TEACHING IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS SINCE 2014. SHE CURRENTLY TEACHES MIDDLE SCHOOL CHORUS AND HAS PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH 8TH GRADE CHORUS, GENERAL MUSIC, AND THEATRE ARTS IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS ON LONG ISLAND. FOR OVER 15 YEARS, SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CHILDREN’S AND TEEN’S THEATRE PRODUCTIONS AS AN ACTOR, STAGE MANAGER, DIRECTOR, AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR. IN ADDITION, JESSICA IS AN ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST AND PIANO INSTRUCTOR.