Jess loves feeling useful, her two girls and partner Seb and chocolate macadamias. She is a teacher, writer, and social researcher. Jess has been lucky enough to work with children in the Northern Territory, Oakland California and in youth prison at Melbourne’s Parkville College. She is currently a staff writer at The Australian Centre for Social Innovation in sleepy, lovely Adelaide. Jess is a regular contributor to her beloved Dumbo Feather magazine, and Chair of her local community organisation Imagine Uraidla. She loves adventure, letters, bushwalks, kindness and heartfelt chats.