Jess is the founder and CEO of Allovue, where edtech meets fintech - edfintech!

She has been featured as one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Education (2015), The Baltimore Sun’s Women to Watch (2013), and Baltimore Magazine's 40 Under 40 (2013). She was recognized as the 2014 Maryland SmartCEO Innovator of the Year in the Emerging Business category.

Before founding Allovue, Jess studied education policy at the University of Pennsylvania and taught in schools around the world, including Thailand, South Africa, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. As a Teach for America corps member, she taught middle school humanities in Baltimore City and received her M.A. in teaching from Johns Hopkins University.