Her work looks at the human impact on the land as well as ideas of memory and place in relation to contemporary Australian identity, community and activism. Jessie was a finalist in the Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, 2013, 2009 and 2007, the Spirit of Youth Awards 2009, the Head On Alternative Portrait Awards, 2009 & 2010, and a winner of the Friends of the Earth International Photography Competition 2009.