Jessica is a multilingual journalist who grew up in Los Angeles speaking Spanish, English and Cantonese. At age 19, she had her first real-world journalism experience working at a newspaper in Ecuador. Her work has been published in Spanish-language newspapers La Opinión in Los Angeles and El Mensajero in San Francisco, as well as English-language press including the San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, Oakland Local and Pasadena (Calif.) Star-News.