Jessica is a 2009 graduate of Boston University School of Law, where she was awarded the Warren S. Gilford Law and Humanity Prize as well as the Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award for her work in the criminal defense clinic. During law school, Jessica co-founded a community-based legal clinic serving transgender people in Boston, including those who are incarcerated. Jessica also interned at the New York Civil Liberties Union and volunteered for the Center for Death Penalty Litigation. After law school, Jessica clerked for the Honorable Helen Toor at Chittenden Superior Court in Burlington, Vermont. She currently serves on the Board of Equal Justice Works.