Jessica took her first swing class in college in 1998 during the big jitterbug craze and eventually started dancing 4 nights a week at Jupiter Moons in Colorado Springs. Somehow during that summer, she met her future husband Mike, met up with him at a dance, and practiced a lot of fancy moves that resulted in her falling on her head a few times.

In college in Chicago she looked for every opportunity she could find to dance and took a few introductory lindy hop classes.

But it wasn't until she took Intro to Lindy Hop with Focus on the Lindy in 2002 that it really clicked for her. Ever since then, she has been building on that foundation and seeking to improve her technique as a dancer. She has taken workshops from Steven & Virginie and Paul & Sharon and danced at exchanges in Denver and Portland.

In 2005 she married Mike and later joined Focus on the Lindy. She looks forward to teaching others to enjoy the dance that she loves.