During the summer months, she serves the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma as the Director of the Saakaciweeta Summer Youth Experience, which is a language and cultural education program for tribal youth age 6-9. Jessie received a BS in Early Childhood Education from Miami University in 2011. She is currently enrolled in a graduate program in Montessori Education through Xavier University. Jessie and her husband, Ryan, live in Decatur, IN where they are raising their first child, kookaansa (Riley), in the Myaamia language.