She has her Master's in Music Theory & Composition from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelor of the Arts in Music from Bryn Mawr College. She regularly works with other performers and artists of other disciplines in animation, theatre, and other visual arts. Jessi is currently collaborating with musical playwright and actress, Emily Cawley, on developing a new musical to be workshopped in late 2017. and working on a performance involving music, performance, animation, art, and storytelling based on the theme, and of the same name, THINGS THAT BREAK, presented in April 2018.