Jess is the Senior Partnerships Manager at Changemakers. Prior to coming to Ashoka, Jess has been involved in a diverse portfolio of social ventures; she also leads communications and strategy at Move This World and founded the non-profit organization Life-improving Ventures to support her graduate research in gender and development. She comes to Arlington from New York City, where she can usually be found wandering between coffee shops and Italian grocery stores. Jess is a graduate of the University of Virginia, and received her M.P.H from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.