Jessica Jimison<br /> FNP-C, IFMCP<br /> Jessica was raised in Amherst, MA, and grew up as a landscaper. She had an exciting summer on a salmon processing boat in Alaska at age 19 that ended in a closed head injury, and the lengthy recovery set her in motion to enter the health field. Starting at Greenfield Community College, she found her love of learning, then got her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from UMass Amherst. She got her Master’s in Nursing from Boston College and worked as a Family Nurse Practitioner on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Wolf Point, Montana for five years. <br /> <br /> Jessica loves the blending of science and education that is being a nurse practitioner, working with individuals and families, meeting people where they are, and empowering them to understand and improve their health. After ten years in Primary Care, she found Functional Medicine, became an IFMCP (Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner) in 2018, and found her passion in complex, chronic inflammatory illness. <br /> <br /> With a drive to treat and prevent the suffering associated with such inflammatory illness, she and Micaela co-founded Origins Collaborative Care PLLC in 2021. Jessica lives with her daughter in Amherst, and enjoys music, road trips and gardening.