Jessica Wright is the Senior Social Media Manager at Science Friday, where she uses social platforms to educate and delight people with the wonder of science. She has a B.F.A in Film and Television Production from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and started her career in post-production, helping produce commercials and music videos at Whitehouse Post Productions. She then dove into nonprofit work at OceanX, an ocean exploration company on a mission to unlock the ocean’s sustainable potential through science and education. There she created informative and viral content for their social media audiences, breaking down the science happening on board the research vessel OceanXplorer. She collaborated with National Geographic on the “OceanXplorers” TV series and UNESCO for World Oceans Day and the United Nations Ocean Conference.

Jessica lives very far upstate in New York where she spends her time befriending the local porcupines and attempting to ride a dirt bike. She loves traveling and Antarctica is at the top of her bucket list because it is her dream to see a wild penguin. Her favorite travel memory so far is diving 1,000 meters deep in a submersible off the coast of Indonesia. She also received her scuba diving certification recently and is eager to explore more of the ocean.