Jess Ju

Jess Ju is the Director of Programs and Operations at CAPE, a non-profit organization that champions diversity by connecting, educating, and empowering Asian American and Pacific Islander artists and leaders in entertainment and media. At CAPE, she oversees pillar programs such as the CAPE New Writers Fellowship and the CAPE Leaders Fellowship and has helped build out the organization'd consulting and training programs. Raised in the San Gabriel Valley , Ju has worked with numerous non-profit organizations in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a double major in Theatre and Performance Studies and Media Studies. Prior to CAPE, Ju was the Assistant Company Manager at American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco's largest non-profit theater, and spent several summers interning with East West Players. As the Director of Programs and Operations, she has overseen and expanded pillar programs such as the CAPE New Writers Fellowship and CAPE Leaders Fellowship. Ju is also a co-founder and producer of BAD Repertory Theater, an Asian American sketch comedy and improve group based in the Bay Area. In her spare time, she enjoys watching Shondaland shows with her mother, attempting and failing at propagating sourdough starter, and giving unsolicited podcast suggestions to her friends.