About Jessica

 Serving as State Representative, 2009

• Vice Chair, Agriculture Committee
  
• Member, Finance Committee
• Member, Tourism, Culture, and International Affairs Committee
• Member, Economic Revitalization, Business and Military Affairs Committee
  

Professional and Volunteer Experience

• Deputy Attorney General, 2000-2003.
• Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i, 1997-2000.
• Volunteer, AARP, 2006-2008.
• Volunteer, One Voice for Livable Islands, 2007-2008.
• Steering Committee Member, founding the O'ahu Land Trust, 2007.
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Reserve Advisory Council, 2001-2007.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree 1990 – Economics with honors, U.C. Santa Cruz
• Master’s Degree 1994 – Agricultural and Resource Economics, U.C. Berkeley
• J.D. 1997 – Boalt Hall School of Law, U.C. Berkeley