Jess Epperly grew up in Northern Maine and moved to Sonora in 2022 with her husband (raised in Tuolumne County) and son to be close to family. She met her husband in a wild bee lab at UC Davis where they studied pollination ecology. Since moving to Sonora, Jess has volunteered with the Center for a Non-Violent Community as a crisis counselor and been a parent volunteer and board member at Summerville Parent Nursery School. She continues to feel a greater sense of belonging to Tuolumne County as she grows her community and falls in love with the mountain landscape. In her free time, she loves to go hiking, looking for cool plants and insects, camping, and paddleboarding with her family and friends.
Contact her via email, jess@sonora-area.org