Hello! I'm Jess and I have over 10 years of combined college admissions and college counseling experience. I am a first-generation college graduate and a proud product of CPS (Chicago Public Schools). I have experience working at 4-year small, private colleges, 4-year mid-sized universities, a public land-grant research university, and a 2-year community college. After 9 years in college admissions, I decided it was time to make the switch to the high school side and have served as a college counselor at a private high school.

I received my undergraduate degree from Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois where I majored in Spanish and minored in Sociology. I found the importance of acquiring a college education and how college can be a transformative experience. Therefore, after I graduated from Monmouth, I began my career in College Admissions. After a couple years in admissions, I earned a Masters in Education with a focus on Higher Education from Loyola University Chicago. As a gra...