Meet Jess
Jessica Fernandes is 26 years old, born and raised in the greater Chicago area. Her heritage is rooted in Goa, India. She attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison for her bachelors degree in Communications.
By profession, she is a Systems Solutions Specialist for Motorola Solutions, Inc. in the telecommunications industry serving public safety and commercial markets.
When Jess is not traveling to customer radio sites across the country, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching crime dramas, and exploring a variety of creative outlets.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
–Mary Oliver
Biography
(Roots/cultural context)
(Childhood)
(Education)
(Community)
(Career)
“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.”
–Maggie Kuhn
The Vision
Since being gifted her first journal at the age of three, Jess was inspired at a young age to write and discover her voice. Her rich inner world poured onto many pages over the years in the form of written words, colorful drawings, multimedia crafts, and digital art.
On her journey to designing a life of alignment, Jess explores what matters the most to her through creativity. Her personal history as a child of immigrants shaped her values of authentic self-expression, community, and humanity.
The challenges of learning how to express herself as a bilingual young person, balancing her roots and navigating a societal context vastly different from her family, and discovering her own identity cultivated her creativity.
Jess envisions a world where each person is free and able to be their authentic self and live a quality, fulfilling life.