Jessica Parker is an innovative leader with a passion for service, education, and creating brave spaces of belonging for all learners. She has over 12 years of experience in the public school sector serving students of Nash and Edgecombe County.

Colleagues refer to her as an energetic and effective school leader, teacher, mentor, and instructional coach in the sectors of public education; modeling for others to think critically about systemic change, equity, cultural expression, and transformation when it comes to the development of children.

She is an alumna of the nationally-ranked North Carolina State Principal Preparation Program, NCLA, and a member of The North Carolina Teaching Fellows program as an undergraduate at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.