Hi 👋 I'm Jess, a software developer, and social worker from 🏔️ Mthatha, South Africa, living in Cape Town. Currently thinking about and building innovative solutions to the mental health and metabolic health crisis. 🧠🥗🏋🏼‍♀️

There are around 6.8 billion smartphone subscriptions worldwide, and while this differs across countries, almost all the world owns a cellphone. 📲

Whether you're looking at low-tech, low-data solutions or premium subscription services, there are two things we know for sure:

𝟭. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱,
𝟮. 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.

Needless to say, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 and population-wide disease prevention.

𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯, you'll find me taking a break from my long-standing corporate project management work to 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. I'll be busy with a flexible front-end and 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽. 🚀