Jessica Burns was born in Connecticut, moved to NC in 2002. She graduated from North Carolina State University with a BS in meteorology in 2015, then a Masters in Marine Biology from University of South Carolina in 2017 and a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Atlantic Veterinary College in 2023. Jessica is recently engaged to her fiancé of 9 years and has 2 dogs and 1 cat. In her free time, she loves to hang out on the beach.