About Me

Jessica is a lifelong Arizonan who has expertly reported on the good, the bad and the complicated in her home state for the past decade.  

She began reporting at The Arizona Republic straight out of college and spent seven years covering critical issues ranging from union political influence to an international adoption scheme. Jessica served as the newsroom's City Hall reporter for the fifth-largest city in the country. 

While at The Republic, she earned an Arizona Community Foundation grant and became the state's first homelessness and housing insecurity reporter. She investigated illegal evictions, spent a year documenting a chronically homeless woman's attempts at getting off the street, and exposed controversial police interactions with unsheltered people, which led to the U.S. Department of Justice's first-ever investigation into police treatment of homeless individuals.

In 2022, she joined Axios to launch the company's daily Phoenix newsletter. Within three years, she's grown the audience to more than 100,000 loyal subscribers. She covers  politics, immigration, business, housing, education and other topics with local and national interest.

Jessica is a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. When she's not working, you'll find her doting on her daughter and rescue dog, Leia.