Jessica Chang is Upwards' (formerly WeeCare) CEO, Co-Founder, and resident wine expert. A committed early childhood education advocate and mom of two, Jessica is a business and finance maven determined to solve the childcare crisis. As a tech CEO of the largest childcare network in America, she is disrupting the childcare industry and making a lasting impact on the lives of countless families. Prior to co-founding WeeCare, Jessica was COO of Affinity China, a principal investor at Macquarie Capital, and VP of Marketplace at Radpad. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, TechCrunch, TIME Magazine, PBS, Fortune, EdSurge, LA Times, Motherly, USA TODAY, and NPR.
A graduate of UC Berkeley, Jessica is a preschool owner herself and resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Witt, and two kids, Teddy and Maddie. She secretly aspires to collect enough kitchen accessories to one day cook a full, 10-course dinner for her extended family and loves to follow food photographers on Instagram.