About Jessica

Hello! I'm a Minneapolis native who loves the outdoors, art, and music. All of this comes out when I work with kids; let me tell you a little bit about my experience! I started working with youth my first year of college when I got a summer job at the Concordia Language Villages. CLV is a language immersion camp in northern Minnesota- I worked at the Japanese village, so this means I would speak to campers in Japanese while we did cultural activities like calligraphy, shibori (traditional Japanese tie dye), or even at mealtimes and more typical camp activities like hiking and swimming. I worked at camp for three summers, but I've been doing a lot of other stuff since then. I've worked with three different families providing in home childcare, for ages newborn-6. When I am with the kids for the afternoon or a full day, we like to go out to places like the park, the library, or the children's museum. I prefer to focus my time on being outside and active, and being creative!