Meet Jess!

Hi Cambridge! As you've seen, I'm not that great at making decisions but surprisingly, choosing a name was a really easy decision for me. 

I started by thinking of stereotypical rebellious names like Jess, Tess, and Zara. These were my top three because they were exactly what I was imagining when coming up with the plot. I ended up going with "Jess" or Jessica because I wanted a name that could be elegant but also changed to a more teenage nickname. It kind of shows how she's gone down a bad path in the past few years and her identity has changed. As I learned in AP Psych this year, she's in her Moratorium stage and still discovering herself. For example, the name Ava is very bubbly sounding and it's too short to have a "baddie" nickname, so I didn't want anything like that. All of these developmental psychology terms are helping me a lot when it comes to brainstorming.

The Mummy Bubble. (2023). Nicknames for Jessica [Image]. The Mummy Bubble. https://themummybubble.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nicknames-jessica.jpg

Another thing I did to figure out her character was creating a mini-mood board for her aesthetic. I included lots of different methods to listen to music since that's one of her main hobbies. As well as her clothing style and a shirt alluding to her boyfriend. All of these little things make up her determined and rebellious personality.

Fernandes, A. (2026). *Jess's mood board* [Digital collage].

Who is Jess?

Jess is a typical teen in 2002 who's trying to find out who she is. She loves Avril Lavigne and other punk artists. Her parents are divorced so she switches houses every weekend and it makes her life very difficult and has led to attachment issues. She has a boyfriend she's been dating for 10 months and has grown very close to him, very fast. Her friends have all drifted from her because of her reckless decisions and clinginess to her boyfriend. She has her permit but can't drive as a Junior in high school. She used to be a straight A student, but her grades have been dropping ever since the divorce. Recently, she found out she was pregnant and told her boyfriend. He got very angry, started playing the blame game, and told her to abort it. This is when my opening takes place and shows how that was her last straw her rage/disappointment. 

YourLastName, A. (2026). *PicCollage creation* [Digital collage]. PicCollage.

YourLastName, A. (2026). *PicCollage creation* [Digital collage]. PicCollage.