Jessica is the Head Electrician/Assistant Technical Director of Ballet Arizona and has worked with the Company since the summer of 2018. She first began learning about and working in production while attending Arizona State University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Education in 2015.
After graduating, Jessica accepted a production internship at Dance Place, a dance theatre space in Washington D.C. During her time at Dance Place, Jessica was able to work with both local artists from the D.C. Maryland, Virginia, area as well as traveling artists who were part of the National Performance Network (NPN). The following year, Jessica worked one summer as a production apprentice for the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, under Bessy award-winning lighting designer David Ferri, where she got to work with nationally and internationally renowned dance artists and companies. After teaching dance in a public middle school for two years, Jessica returned to the world of production which led her to joining Ballet Arizona.
