Jess Gartner has taught in classrooms around the world, including Thailand, South Africa, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. She was a 2009 Teach for America Corps Member and is the creator of the Baltimore Renaissance Project. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University, Jess champions entrepreneurial endeavors in arts, media, technology, and education in Baltimore and beyond. In her spare time, she likes to trot the globe with a backpack and camera and have adventures. She loves Baltimore, inexplicably and inexorably.
