Jesse was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. After college, he worked for two years with troubled children and adolescents as a Mental Health Specialist at an acute psychiatric unit at Franciscan Children’s Hospital. He then received his Masters of Science in Nursing from the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston in 2009.

He and his wife moved to Austin in the summer of 2009 for his wife to attend a PhD program at the University of Texas in Austin and for the past two years, Jesse has been practicing medicine at a federally qualified health clinic focusing on the needs of those who are uninsured and underserved. He has gained experience working at both the Adolescent and the Pediatric Clinic and enjoys interacting with children of all ages. He believes that it is important to try and get on the child’s level during interactions and is dedicated to making them feel at ease while at the office. Jesse is excited to join the team at Beansprout and serve the Lakeway community.

Jesse has been a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and the Central Texas Alliance of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners since 2009.