Jesse is an award-winning, published researcher with expertise in tech research. She's worked on program evaluations, tested the effectiveness of online community platforms, conducted strategic research for product development, performed UX research for a startup, and explored consumer insights in tech and entertainment spaces. Other careers she's had were in marketing, content strategy, project management, quality assurance, mental healthcare, publishing, and journalism. Her interests include fashion, music, rock climbing, tennis, hiking, learning languages, and lots of reality TV.
Causes she cares about and organizations she supports: Santa Barbara Food Bank, VNA Health (singing to hospice patients), UCSB Dream Scholar Fund (provides scholarships for undocumented students)