Originally from Boston, MA, Jessica Farrell holds a Bachelors of Arts in "Expressive Arts & Performance" from Whittier College in Los Angeles, California and a Masters of Music in "Vocal Performance" from the Royal Conservatoire of Music in Glasgow, Scotland. During her studies, she represented the Arts Council of the City of Cambridge as a Summer Program Arts Administrator and Artist Liaison and held an Arts Administration and Management placement at Westbourne Music in Glasgow. Also during university, Jessica spent time in Ghana researching and studying traditional acoustic song through the School for International Training and the Kwame Nkrumah University in Kumasi.

While living in Los Angeles, Jessica worked as an Office Administrator for the Ruth B. Shannon Performing Arts Center and as a Development Assistant for the the Director of Development at Whittier College. Since moving to Europe in 2011, Jessica has been working as a freelance music and language instructor. She moved to Germany in 2013 to study the German language while working in Cologne and Berlin. Currently, Jessica collaborates with other musicians in Berlin exploring diverse genres of vocal and instrumental music and enjoys working with the international BOA community each summer.