Jessica obtained a dual certification master’s as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from the University of South Alabama in 2006 and in March of 2018 with a doctorate of Nursing Practice, with an emphasis on diabetes. She has over 18 years experience as a nurse practitioner in both private practice and in a hospital-based clinic, with the majority of that time spent in diabetes. She lives her “real life diabetes” journey as a provider, a mom of a Type 1, and as a patient with diabetes in adulthood. She is a busy mom of 4 boys who understands just how important it is to find a place for diabetes in life and continue to live it to its fullest. She is a topic speaker expert and is a part of the multiple Diabetes related Speaker Bureaus.