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Open for collaborating and guest spots. Jess focuses on disability-led practices. Balancing lived experience with community spaces in her discussions.
Close up of an angled frame corner, with a thick shadow and flat background. Artwork of an abstract line and shape intersecting. Original mockup from Ceacle.
event guest spots closed for 2023 • interviews open
Jess does not represent a community alone, but believes in building accessible futures. Which means having genuine discourse. Her ideals may not align with others, and that's okay! Disabled spaces and experiences are not a monolith.
April 20, 2023
Guest presenter to the Disability, Accessibility and Design class taught by Claudine Jaenichen. Under the Graphic Design Program at Chapman University.
Private live event, with automated captions and a pre-written transcript. Not recorded. External link to the slides from the presentation.
Chapman U SlidesOctober 20, 2022
Presenter for a student-led exhibition. Segment curated by Djamal at FH Potsham University of Applied Sciences.
Pre-recorded video with closed captions and transcript. Q and A segment not recorded.
FH PresentationJuly 13, 2022
Panel segment for The Juice – Deloitte Digital Conference. Guest speaker along with Fahad Khawaja, Gabriell Hall, and Emani Figaro. Facilitated by Mallory Shoemaker.
Private internal event. Not available for the public. External link to Deloitte's website.
Deloitte DigitalMay 19, 2022
One on one chat with Zariah Cameron part of Ally for GAAD [Global Accessibility Awareness Day].
Recorded conversation with live transcript and a questions and answers segment. Not available for the public. External link to Ally's website.
AllyApril 21, 2022
1 of 9 presenters for Tech Access Oklahoma 2022 online conference. Hosted by Oklahoma ABLE Tech.
Pre-recorded video presentation with closed captions, followed by a live questions and answers segment with live captioning and ASL. Accessible PDF handout. Recording available for registered attendees. External link to event page.
TechAccessOK EventNovember 16, 2021
1 of many presenters for The Design + Accessibility Summit. Hosted by Creative Pro.
Pre-recorded video presentation with closed captions and an accessible PDF handout. Recording of this event is only available to registered attendees. External link to event page.
Creative Pro EventNovember 10, 2021
1 of many guest presenters for Design ReThinkers 2021 virtual event. Hosted by RGD.
Google Slide presentation deck and Doc transcript. Recording of this event is only available for registered attendees. External link to event page.
Design ReThinkers EventAugust 31, 2021
Sole presenter for a private internal team workshop. Hosted by Table XI.
Recording of this event is unavailable for the public. External link to Google Slides deck.
Table XI SlidesJune 26, 2021
Violent v.s. Non-Violent Allyship panel for the WATBD 2021 Conference: Designing and Organizing for Black Liberation. Guest speaker with Shabnam Kashani, Juan Villanueva, Heather Lee Nguyen and Aaron Draplin. Moderated by Ritesh Gupta. Hosted by Where are the Black Designers?
WATBD Conference recording set to the panel start time. External link to YouTube video with ASL interpretation.
WATBD YouTubeMarch 11, 2021
Sole presenter for a workshop presentation. Hosted by Wethos.
Live presentation with auto-captions and a transcript. Recording adapted by Jess to include closed captions and Q and A.
Wethos PresentationFebruary 4, 2021
1 of 6 presenters for Practice Makes: Accessibility. Hosted by Digital Products, an Accenture Studio.
Pre-recorded video with closed captions and transcript. Q and A segment not recorded.
Accenture PresentationDecember 13, 2020
1 of 12 guest speakers for Speak On It! Allies in Action. Hosted by Black Designers Ignite.
Live presentation with auto-captions. Recording and captioning by Black Designers Ignite with an adapted transcript by Jess.
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