Jess will be attending the University of Pennsylvania in the fall, as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and a member of the Integrated Studies Program. She plans on double majoring in Music (with a focus in Ethnomusicology) and Political Science. Jess will continue her musical career by joining Penn's jazz program, and gigging around Philadelphia, one of the world's most vibrant musical cities. Academy Scholars has inspired Jess to continue as a cross-disciplinary thinker, and go forth as both a musician and an academic.