Jess is wife to the love of her life, Matt, and an Extra Lucky Mom to two girls. She is a content creator, disability advocate, and published writer living in Short Hills, NJ. In 2020 she gave birth to Adeline, who at birth was diagnosed with Down syndrome. What started as a traumatic and scary diagnosis has propelled her into a life of advocacy and passion for her daughter and the Down syndrome community. She co-founded the advocacy platform Extra Lucky Moms with Taryn Lagonigro whom she met and connected with through friendship and advocacy efforts in May of 2021. ELM is committed to showing the world what it means to be Extra Lucky and to inspire those outside the disability community to create a more inclusive world. 

 

Jess started sharing her family and disability advocacy on TikTok in 2020 and over the last three years has been able to partner with many amazing brands open to inclusion and disability visability. She hopes to inspire others facing a disability diagnosis to not fear the future but to embrace a new beautiful perspective.

Jess is so excited about the amazing opportunity to represent Walmart and Kimberly Clark as the 2024 Huggies Brand Ambassador. Authenticity is so important to Jess which makes this collaboration beautiful and fulfilling.