Jessica Allen

Jessica has spent most of her life calling public radio home, working both behind the scenes and on-air. Before joining KUNM, she served as the Interim Music Director at KVNF in Paonia, Colorado, the Programming Manager at KVRX in Austin, Texas, and as an intern at Marfa Public Radio in far west Texas.

Beyond radio, Jessica has organized sound art installations for Marfa Live Arts and coordinated sustainable cooking programs in New York City. Her experience also includes scientific research on the gut-brain axis and a decade as an adult snowboarding instructor at the award-winning Taos Ski Valley Ernie Blake Snowsports School. In her free time, she enjoys climbing big rocks and dancing the Texas Two-Step.