Daughter of an Army vet, Jessica was born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. She is the middle child to an older brother, David, and a younger sister, Jackie. When she was 3, her family relocated to San Francisco, California until she was 12 years old. They moved to Anaheim, California where Jessica stayed until she moved to Los Angeles to pursue higher education.While in school, she signed with a commercial agent and booked her first commercial for Kellogg's Raisin Bran Crunch. She continued to book commercials, which helped her pay off her education. A year later, Jessica signed with a theatrical agent and booked her first television role as Alyssa, the white ranger on Disney's Power Ranger's Wild Force.In 2009, Jessica began writing her first book and launched her own line of vintage-inspired swimsuits.