Jessica joined the YCC team in May of 2018 after completing a Master’s of Science in Mental health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University in December of 2017.

She is a registered mental health counselor intern working towards licensure as a Mental Health Counselor. Jessica has experience in providing psychosocial rehabilitation for adults with chronic mental illness as well as mental and physical disabilities.

In 2017, Jessica completed her Undergraduate internship with Epic Behavioral Services in St. Augustine providing mental health counseling for individuals and families. She co-facilitated children’s groups addressing topics such as social skills and anger management. She also worked with the St. Johns County Drug Court program which provides individual and group counseling to participants maintaining sobriety and reintegrating into society.

Jessica is a St. Augustine-native and comes from a large and loving family. She has a son and dog with whom she likes to run around with outside and visit the beach.