Meet Jessica McMahon

Jessica was born to Deaf parents in Little Rock, Arkansas. She graduated from Arkansas School for the Deaf and then attended Gallaudet University with a major in Sociology with a Concentration in Criminology.  After graduation, she was approached by one of her professors who convinced her to go into the field of Deaf Education.  Since, she has worked at Arkansas School for the Deaf, Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada and Mississippi School for the Deaf.  She has worked in numerous positions (dorm parent/ residential advisor, teacher in all departments, Athletic Director, ASL Specialist, Fairview Specialist, Elementary Supervisor and grades K-12 Principal). She has decided to come to Tennessee to advance her career and life opportunity. 

She is the proud wife of John who is currently a semester away from being a teacher.  She is also a proud mom of four beautiful children: Marissa, Mykanna, Maverick and Addison.  Her children are very athletic and high energy.  She spends a lot of time outdoors; camping and swimming.  At nights or on rainy days she and her family play card games, board games, and other games.  

“My educational view is to create a collaborative school environment as the key to creating successful teachers and students. I believe in this saying “Bilingual at Birth, Literate for Life.” Which would indicate my passion of teaching children ASL and English at the earliest stage(s) of their lives.” – Jessica McMahon