Originally from Beaver, Utah, JessiKate is the oldest of 4 children.  JessiKate graduated in 2019 from Brigham Young University with a Bachelors of Music and Violin Performance emphasis. She is a freelance artist performing, modeling, recording, and speaking. She is an accomplished violinist with a long list of notable achievements. She has accompanied many famous artists like Vonzell Solomon, David Archuleta, and The Piano Guys.  She played at Tuacahn Center for the Arts in the award winning show “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”. She has performed all over the world including Italy and Carnegie Hall.

JessiKate currently models with The Ross Agency where she frequently works with Monster Energy, Reign Total Body Fuel, and NOS Energy.

JessiKate began her involvement in the Miss America Organization as Miss Utah’s Outstanding Teen 2014.  She speaks to schools and volunteers with organizations such as Mascot Miracles and the Ivy foundation.

She competed in the 2017 Miss America Pageant where she was a preliminary talent winner and a non-finalist talent winner. Now she performs across the state sharing her platform, “Finding ValYOU Within” which educates others to find their inner value as a way to combat feelings of inadequacy.  

She competed at Miss USA in 2021 and placed in the top 16.

JessiKate currently lives in Texas with her fiancé and fur child, Luna.