Jessica Cassady started her medical training in the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman assigned to the Marine Corps.
After completing her active-duty service, she worked as a Registered Medical Assistant while obtaining her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Northern Illinois University.
She obtained bedside nursing experience in cardiac progressive and intensive care while earning her Masters of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2013.
Since then, she has worked in multiple roles including urgent care, express care, family practice, and correctional medicine.