Biography

As the current vice-president of Estrategia Group, Jessica uses her collaborative management skills to help provide ideas, strategies and solutions to non-profits, educational institutions and businesses. In her previous position as the Community Tampa Bay programs director, Jessica managed leadership and diversity programs that cultivated thousands of area leaders, empowering them to take on the challenges of social injustice. Her work drew the attention of a United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group, which invited her to present on the nonprofit’s trademarked “ANYTOWN” program in Geneva, Switzerland. Jessica’s efforts earned her the USA Network Characters Unite Award in 2010. She’s also a certified trainer for the Points of Light Youth Leadership Institute and a certified strength coach for the Gallup School of Management. She established the first multicultural and cross-cultural programs office at Greenville College. Born in New York and raised in the Dominican Republic, Jessica holds a Masters of Management from Brandeis University and a Bachelors of Arts from Mount Holyoke College, where she graduated at the age of 19.