Jessica is a second-year student at Menlo College, where she is majoring in marketing. She is a a part of the first Leadership Circle, representing Menlo [[File:Jcarlson2.jpg|thumb|Jcarlson2.jpg]]College, to be named as a University Innovation Fellow. Inspired by her great-grandfather who was an inventor by trade, Jessica looks forward to implementing change to her college through the various aspects of design thinking.