Growing up in Toronto, Jessica was surrounded by the optimism, creativity and innovation of one of the world’s most diverse cities. This instilled a lifelong belief in the power of people to imagine and build the societies they want to live in. Jessica completed a Master’s degree in International Political Economy, where her research focused on how financial systems both drive the climate crisis and, with the right rules in place, become a powerful tool for solving it. Since then, Jessica has worked with investors, industry leaders, and policymakers to build a climate-aligned financial system in Canada. As a lover of nature from the city’s ravines to the Great Lakes, Jessica is passionate about building political and economic systems that work for people and the planet.