Draft:Jessie Anderson


Jessie Anderson
Born
Jessica Ashley[1]

November 1987 (age 37)
NationalityAmerican, Filipino
EducationB.S. Mechanical engineering[3]
Alma materUniversity of California, Merced
EmployerSpaceX
TitleFalcon Structures Manufacturing Engineering Manager, SpaceX[4]

Jessica Ashley Anderson (born November 2, 1987), better known as Heartbreak is an American engineer. She is Falcon Structures Manufacturing Engineering Manager at SpaceX and host for the SpaceX webcasts.[4]

Education

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Jessica attended an engineering class at Mira Mesa High School in San Diego.[5][6] She was a founding student of the 2005 inaugural class in UC Merced, receiving her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.[3]

Career

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While attending in UC Merced, Jessica build an energy efficient lighting system for mineral displays in UCM California Mining and Mineral Museum with her mentor Roland Winston. She spent her summers as an Engineering Intern with Siemens Building Technologies and Procter & Gamble.[7]

In 2012, Anderson moved to Los Angeles to simultaneously work as a Mechanical Engineer and professionally as an Audio Engineer and Independent Recording Artist, eventually pursuing her passion for music full-time. In 2015 she starts working at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California where she is currently the Falcon Structures Manufacturing Engineering Manager, as well as a Chair for the Out & Allied Employee Interest Group, Champion of the Outreach pillar in the SpaceX Production Diversity Council, and host for the SpaceX webcasts.[3]

Personal life

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Born and raised in San Diego, Jessica Anderson is the younger of two daughter of Nanshi Ignacio and Wilhelm Friedrich Anderson. Her mother is filipino immigrant and her father was Surface Warfare Officer in U.S.Navy. Her father moved to Maryland when she was 7 years old.[8]

Jessica is not married. She's bisexual. Jessica is a singer, songwriter and musical producer.

Discography

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  • Mixtape (2015)
  • Perspectives (2018)
  • Proud (2019)

Basketball

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Despite her short height (5 feet), Jessica is a basketball player. She started playing in Mira Mesa High School in Maradeur team. She is a Shooting Guard but also heavily played the position of Point Guard and Forward. In 2007-2008 she became the founding President and Captain of the UC Merced Bobcat basketball team. She was the recipient of the Most Valuable Player and Coach's Award within the same season in 2009-2010. Another feature to her cap was added when she was given the Founder's Award by the Women's Basketball team in 2011.

She plays basketball for the new Basketball Beauties League in Los Angeles and participates in Hollywood Hoops Fundraiser events for high schools and nonprofit organizations for Breast Cancer Awareness.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Who is Heartbreak". genius.com. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ignacio, Nanshi (June 2016). "Jessica Anderson: aka Who Is Heartbreak". Manila Up!. pp. 16–17. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Jessica Anderson '10". engage.ucmerced.edu. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Jessie Anderson on LinkedIn
  5. ^ "2004 Mira Mesa High School". classmates.com. pp. 250–251. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "Heartbreak (@j22heartbreak)". coast2coastlive.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  7. ^ "True Life: I'm Addicted to P&G Products" on YouTube
  8. ^ Wilhelm F. (Andy) Anderson on LinkedIn

See also

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Category:Living people Category:SpaceX people