Jes­si­ca Eli­she­va Emer­son is obsessed with cook­ing beans, grow­ing food, eat­ing pie, sleep­ing in on Shab­bat, and work­ing toward a bet­ter world. A Tuc­son, Ari­zona, native, Jes­si­ca spent 22 years in Los Ange­les — includ­ing stud­ies at USC and Anti­och Uni­ver­si­ty — before return­ing to the Sono­ran Desert, where she lives with her hus­band and children.