Jessie is a second-year law student at S.J. Quinney College of Law. She received her undergraduate degree in History with minors in Political Science, Geography, and Psychology from Weber State University. There, she authored “Utah School for the Deaf and Blind” for the Intermountain Histories Project. She received the best senior thesis of 2021 for her article, “England’s Child Evacuees: World War II’s ‘Invisible Casualties.’” She was awarded funding to travel to Reading, England to continue her research from the Weber State Office of Undergraduate Research. Her undergraduate accolades include, valedictorian, Outstanding Graduate of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Dean’s Scholar. She was chair of the Weber State chapter of the American Democracy Project, Vice President of the History Club, and a Member of Phi Alpha Theta.
During her 1L summer, Jessie was a law clerk at Kirton McConkie where she worked on a variety of legal issues and focused on medical malpractice litigation. She is currently interning at the United States District Court for the District of Utah with Judge Oberg. Jessie is on the Utah Law Review and aLaw and Biomedical Science (LABS) scholar. Outside of law school, she enjoys historic site travel, canyoneering, and playing card or board games with anyone who will play with her.