Born in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Jesica moved to Chicago when she was 12. While in high school she met David, the funniest person in the world, who would become her best friend and then husband, ten years later. She attended The University of Illinois at Chicago where she obtained a degree in Marketing and another in Management and would have kept going if not for tuition. She also studied in Madrid, Spain at the Complutense where she fell in love with learning while traveling. She worked at the Institute for the International Education of Students with the goal of helping facilitate study abroad for all students. In 2005, Dave and Jes moved to San Antonio to be closer to her family and start planning their own. Jes worked at The University of Texas San Antonio in the Financial Aid Office helping underrepresented students realize their educational dreams. In 2010 they moved to Austin, where they had a life-altering encounter with Jesus. By 2017 she was homeschooling her two children, tutoring in her co-op, and even directed their Classical Conversations group. Which brings us to The Studio Prep, her children recognized right away this was a special place and they would very much like to attend, she also came to the same realization, so when they needed a Spanish teacher, she didn’t hesitate to say yes.
Jesica has a deep passion for teaching and is involved in several ministries where she gets to use that passion. She is an avid reader and considers herself a lifelong learner. In her free time, she loves to garden, crochet, read, and dance, but most of all she loves to spend time with her children and husband traveling, playing games, building puzzles, and cooking and sharing a meal.