As the Channel Islands Park Foundation's Executive Director, I serve the Foundation’s mission of preserving and protecting the Channel Islands National Park and supporting the Channel Islands National Park Service. With a passion for environmental conservation, I am dedicated to engaging the community, raising funds, and supporting educational programs that foster a deeper appreciation for this natural treasure. Working closely with the Foundation's dedicated board and the Channel Islands National Park Service team, I am committed to making a lasting impact on the future of the Channel Islands.

J.Burnquist Solutions provides tangible steps for your organization to achieve maximum impact in its educational programming and to help your nonprofit fulfill its potential.

Rock Your World is the educational division of Creative Visions Foundation. Flexible, free of charge and fully-aligned with Common Core Standards, Rock Your World inspires global citizenship while developing 21st century skills. Starting with an understanding of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, students research an issue of choice, then create a media-based advocacy campaign to promote awareness and ignite positive change.As Director of RYW, I am in charge of fostering and nurturing partnerships, maintaining and promoting curriculum, facilitating teaching ambassadors and program training development for adults and youth.

Received Freedom Writers Teacher certification after attending the June 2017 institute.

Responsible for the facilitation of online and direct programming specifically designed for educators and youth. This includes but is not limited to: curriculum development with special focus on multimedia advocacy, project management, special initiative leadership, content creation, team facilitation, development, partnership development and event planning. (Educator site: Rock Your World, Youth Site: Rock Your Rights, Special Initiative Site: Planet 911)

Courses; English 10, Honors English 10, Creative Writing, AP Literature & Composition, Film as Literature

Making Out is a series centered on how Jess Burnquist, mother, writer, and teacher is "making out' as she processes adolescent issues amid the glare of parenthood and the shadows of nostalgia.

Rock Your World is an innovative, media based curriculum that inspires students to take positive action toward issues they care about.

Columnist.

Creative Writing Curriculum writer/instructor for YWP events including: Poetry Central, One Book AZ, The Speak Peace Exhibit featuring Bruce Weigl and Arizona State University's Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writer's Conference

Instructor of English. Courses: English 101, 102, and Dual Credit English 101, 102

Responsible for the implementation and design of age/grade appropriate curriculum in English with an emphasis on the arts. Established the inaugural Journalism program at NSAA.