For two decades, Jill has been designing and directing arts education programs in New York City and Los Angeles. As the Director of Youth Media Education at BRIC in Brooklyn, she designed programs in over 30 NYC public schools and created Brooklyn's first-ever youth media festival, Concrete Stories. In Los Angeles, Jill worked primarily as an educational consultant and curriculum developer, partnering with LA public schools, Warner Media, ArtsMatter, Epic Games, MOCA, the American Film Institute, and more. Jill served on the California Department of Education Curriculum Framework Committee for the Visual and Performing Arts and co-authored the framework for media arts education. As a Senior Project Manager for the Los Angeles Unified Arts Education Department, she oversaw creative initiatives such as the WB StoryLab — an innovative 6th-grade curriculum designed to build social and emotional skills through the creation of autobiographical superhero stories. With grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education, NYC and Los Angeles City Councils, as well as private foundations, Jill has created dozens of arts education programs from the ground up.

Jill has produced many programs and events including the Los Angeles city-wide youth film festival at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the first-ever Youth Creativity Summit. She also produced an Emmy-nominated documentary series for PBS about the importance of arts education.

Jill received a B.A. in Art and Social Change from New York University, and an M.A. in Media Studies from the New School University. She is currently living in Pasadena with her husband and 4-year-old daughter while pursuing a Ph.D. in Educational Communication and Technology at NYU.