Jessica Ferretti is originally from Port Chester, New York, and started her dance training at Westchester Dance Academy. She graduated magna cum laude in 2019 from Marymount Manhattan College, where she performed works by Larry Keigwin, Jessica Lang, Michael Thomas, Loni Landon, Nancy Lushington, Pedro Ruiz, Chase Brock, and Tito del Saz. She attended the Paul Taylor Summer Intensives in 2016 and 2018, and the Martha Graham Intensive in 2017. She joined Taylor 2 in fall 2019, and joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in summer 2021.

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