About
Jess is currently a 3rd-year medical student at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. She is in the Frontier and Rural Medicine program where she is doing her 3rd year in a town of 3,600 people. Growing up in a town of 189 people and being exposed to the scarcity of care associated with that has inspired Jess to practice full-scope Family Medicine with Obstetrics. Jess will be working in Huron, SD after residency. She hopes to build the rural health education available to medical students in this area. She is also passionate about bringing others into healthcare and is currently working on Standing Rock Reservation to recruit EMS providers to the ambulance services there. She is also researching the impact that medical education in high school has on the pursuit of a career in healthcare. Jess is a 1st Lieutenant in the South Dakota Army National Guard and will continue to serve her state and country throughout medical school and residency, with plans to deploy for medical missions after. Outside of medicine, Jess enjoys lifting, hunting and fishing, spending time on the farm, and playing her guitar.