missjessrose

THE JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION

Hi! I'm Jessica and I share thoughtful stories in defense of the earth here on this blog. My journey is in service to something bigger—honoring the wildness and cultural diversity of our beautiful home planet. The stories I share here give voice to the voiceless, inspire, and share universal truths about our collective experience in the world. 

So how did this all begin? In 2012, I left my 9-5 job and got the idea to vagabond to over 40 countries. It was epic. Sometimes it was hard. I saw and learned a lot and fell in love with our wild earth. After 15 months on the road, I returned to California where I'm continuing to process my journey and have begun a new life chapter.

This blog is the story of my journey along with discoveries and inspirations found along the way. I hope you'll join me.

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MORE ABOUT ME

When I'm not off in the wild, I write, photograph and curate awesome stuff. Even though I'm now based in California, I still travel often. Today I direct social media strategy with the fastest growing PR agency in the U.S., Praytell, helping clients such as @TwitterVideo tell important stories and engage with our ever growing community. As a social media strategy director, I use images and words to tell a story, to solve a problem and to communicate something meaningful drawing from my expertise in communication in order to help build online communities. 

I'm also passionate about solving problems and inspiring change around environmental and human rights issues. Some of my favorite projects have been collaboratively launching innovative nonprofits such as Counterspill.org and The Tiziano Project, which both promote truth through storytelling using design along with new media. I once spoke at TEDx in China. I've also worked as an art director and producer on documentary films. I've lived and worked in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Italy, and Michigan (my home state) and traveled to over 40 countries on six continents (Antarctica, you continue to elude me).  

"If you love a place, you have a duty to protect it. And to love a place, you must know it first." This I believe. If travel has taught me anything, it's that I sure do love this vast world. If you're working on a project that uses creative communications and social media to protect our crazy home and grow a community and would like to collaborate, please connect. 

If you're press, a brand, or an organization that would like to work together, please note that my missjessrose.com Media Kit is available upon request. 

PLACES I HAVE BEEN

ARGENTINA // AUSTRALIA // AUSTRIA // BELGIUM // BLACK ROCK CITY // BRAZIL // CANADA // CARIBBEAN // CHILE // CHINA // COLOMBIA // CROATIA // CZECH REPUBLIC // DENMARK // DOMINICAN REPUBLIC // ECUADOR // ENGLAND // FRANCE // GERMANY // HONG KONG // HUNGARY // ICELAND // INDIA // INDONESIA // IRELAND // ITALY //  MEXICO // MONACO // MYANMAR // NETHERLANDS // NEW ZEALAND // PERU // POLAND // QATAR // SCOTLAND // SLOVAKIA // SLOVENIA // SOUTH AFRICA // SOUTH KOREA // SPAIN // SWEDEN // SWITZERLAND // THAILAND // UNITED STATES

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