Hello!
I’m Jess
AKA your future wedding celebrant...
I’m 29 years young, was born in Darwin and have lived in Perth since I was a tiny human. I currently work part time as an Occupational Therapist in mental health. I have worked in mental health since 2012 and have been an OT since 2015.
Although mental health is a hugely rewarding area to work in, it is as equally challenging, which brings me to a shower thought I had on a cool evening in June 2020. I was seeing people unhappy and feeling their worst but I wanted to see people happy and feeling their best too and that’s when I thought I could become a stand-up comedian!
Anyway, I slept on it and thought of a way better idea – a marriage celebrant. So here we are with balance restored to my career. Not only do I get to meet and marry incredible people like you but I get to use a microphone and tell jokes whilst I do it (my stand up comedian dream is well and truly alive).
Surprisingly or not so surprisingly my background in mental health proves super useful in weddings as they are often somewhat of an emotional affair. It means that you will have a celebrant that will not only marry you (all that legal confusing stuff), but who also has the ability to make people smile, laugh and calm those nasty nerves!
I believe I'm a 'Jess of All Trades' if you will, and am open to all shapes and sizes of weddings, from legals only to larger scale weddings and I support marriage equality whole heartedly. If you feel like half an hour of me isn't enough then I can MC your reception too!
I look terrifying when I laugh, sorry not sorry!
I'm absolutely the celebrant that will wear a costume for your themed wedding and/or say yes to the requests you never thought you could ask. I also do vow renewal, commitment and naming ceremonies.
In all seriousness, I'm super stoked that I have found this profession and have the opportunity to meet and work with so many incredible couples. Oh?! You're still reading - if you want to know more check out the rest of the website and my socials or get in touch. Alternatively, if you've reached this point because it was like a car crash and you couldn't look away then I apologise and thank you for reading!