About Jess

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After literally being discovered on the street by WGBH producers, I studied extensively with the legendary Wren Ross. The first time I stepped into a recording booth, I had the intense feeling of having found my home. In the recording studio I have been complimented for being easy to work with, responsive to direction, and able to convey rich emotions. I can handle many genres, but especially enjoy work for children.

Clients include 'GBH, Mass Audubon, Mass Save, Service Titan, Hasbro, Mothers Out Front, various authors, and more. I have volunteered weekly for the National Library Service for 6 years, reading audio books (mostly young adult novels), magazines such as Yankee and Boston Magazine, newsletters, and anything else they ask me to!  I performed on Portland Helmich’s excellent podcast, Stranglers, produced by Earwolf and Northern Light Productions. I’m on episode 5 at 36:36, but I highly recommend the whole series. And I was a producer on the audio documentary,  "The Un/Recovering" a third generation suicide investigation of loss and finding after World War ll.

I have a wide range of professional experiences and personal  interests from theater and voice acting, to medicine and sustainability, to writing and teaching science topics. The thread  that ties all my experiences together is a joy and curiosity about our beautiful world and how to make it better for children. My science background includes: medicine, chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, engineering, and  environmental studies. I was a teacher of science, math and engineering for 16 years in public schools and at MIT.  I co-authored a book about slimy science with the hilarious Joy Masoff and Ben Ligon, called OH ICK! 114 Science Experiments Guaranteed to Gross You Out! and traveled across the US doing science shows at schools. I'm also a contributing author and editor for grades K-8 science textbooks.