Jessica Thomas was born in a small suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated summa cum laude, with Honors, and with Academic Honors in Writing from Ball State University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in English and completing a Minor in Creative Writing. While at Ball State, she also accumulated many music related credit hours studying voice, piano, and as a member of the Ball State University Singers.

Jessica began her professional career in Marketing at a large Indianapolis law firm. In 2001, she received her Oracle Database Programming certification from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Since then, she has worked in the pharmaceutical, student loan, and defense financing industries. Jessica currently designs and develops web applications using java and Oracle technologies.

Jessica and her husband are members of a small local church. She is active in the Worship Arts Ministry as a member of the Vocal Team.