Draft:Jessica Anderson (engineer)

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

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

Career
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.

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 came across an exciting opportunity 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.

SpaceX webcasts
Jessica hosts the most important SpaceX webcasts. On 30 May 2020 she hosted Crew Demo-2 - the first American manned launch since 2011. The webcast received 9.8 million views on YouTube.

Personal life
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.

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

Singles

 * Switch Up (2016)
 * You Know Where to Go (2018)
 * I'm Not the One (2019)

Albums

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

Basketball
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.