PERSON: Jess Michaels
Employer
3Joannes
Position
Founder & CEO
Biography
Jess Michaels is a dance industry professional with 30 years experience as a performer, educator, and entrepreneur.
She is also a 1991 survivor of sexual assault by Jeffrey Epstein and childhood sexual abuse.
Shockingly, her healing journey began December 14, 2012, after she and her hometown of Newtown CT were devastated by the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jess not only witnessed the impact of mass tragedy all around her but also experienced the full force of her past trauma catching up to her.
In 2015, Jess found immense purpose and hope when she joined Dylan’s Wings of Change, a foundation dedicated to Dylan Hockley, one of the first-grade victims in the mass shooting. She helped develop the Wingman program for dance studios, sports, and schools and her work as a speaker & educator on empathy, inclusion, and community-building began.
It was there in Newtown, teaching dance classes and working alongside brave parents who lost their children, Jess began to connect the value of shame-free, community-based early trauma intervention to the needs of sexual assault survivors.
The 2019 arrest of Epstein motivated her to finally confront her past. Breaking her #MeToo silence, she channeled her own healing journey into action.
Today, she’s the founder and driving force behind 3Joannes Sexual Assault First Aid, teaching people to “know what to do when someone says ME TOO. Through her work, Jess equips communities with the tools to minimize the devastating long-term effects of sexual violence.
>> Jess Michael Speaks
She is also a 1991 survivor of sexual assault by Jeffrey Epstein and childhood sexual abuse.
Shockingly, her healing journey began December 14, 2012, after she and her hometown of Newtown CT were devastated by the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jess not only witnessed the impact of mass tragedy all around her but also experienced the full force of her past trauma catching up to her.
In 2015, Jess found immense purpose and hope when she joined Dylan’s Wings of Change, a foundation dedicated to Dylan Hockley, one of the first-grade victims in the mass shooting. She helped develop the Wingman program for dance studios, sports, and schools and her work as a speaker & educator on empathy, inclusion, and community-building began.
It was there in Newtown, teaching dance classes and working alongside brave parents who lost their children, Jess began to connect the value of shame-free, community-based early trauma intervention to the needs of sexual assault survivors.
The 2019 arrest of Epstein motivated her to finally confront her past. Breaking her #MeToo silence, she channeled her own healing journey into action.
Today, she’s the founder and driving force behind 3Joannes Sexual Assault First Aid, teaching people to “know what to do when someone says ME TOO. Through her work, Jess equips communities with the tools to minimize the devastating long-term effects of sexual violence.
>> Jess Michael Speaks
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