Jesika is a bilingual/ bicultural Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker serving children, youth and their families in the Grow Clinic at Boston Medical Center since 2016. Jesika completed her MSW from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work in 2013. Jesika is a 2022-2024 alum of the Early Relational Health Fellowship at UMass Chan Medical School, Lifeline for Families, funded through a scholarship from the Mass PPD Fund. Jesika is certified in Perinatal Mental Health and is also endorsed as an Early Childhood Family Specialist through Massachusetts Association of Infant Mental Health. Jesika is passionate about supporting maternal mental health and early relationships between caregivers and their children. She hopes to continue to provide culturally sensitive, patient-centered and trauma-focused mental health support to families of the Greater Boston area.