Jessica Jones holds a Masters in English from the University of Montana, with licensure for K-12 and training in Indian Education for All. She is on full-time faculty at Kent State University, where she teaches place-based composition, Native literature, travel writing, and poetry. She has also taught middle school on the Flathead Reservation, and often teaches with Upward Bound, serving students from the Blackfeet Reservation and Missoula County Public Schools. Jones’ creative work centers on place (both Northern Appalachia and rural Montana, as well as some travels.) Her chapbook, Bitterroot (2018), can be found at Finishing Line Press. Her work has also appeared in journals and book anthologies like Poems Across the Big Sky, Bright Bones, and Dear Vaccine. She has served as Writer-in-Residence for Calcutta Mercy Hospital in India, and Poet-in-Residence for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. When not in the classroom she enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, and spending time with loved ones and her cat Magnolia.