Jessica Pillsbury began her career in Utica, New York at the Munson Williams Proctor Institute. At the age of nineteen she moved to Las Vegas and began her training at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her training has included ballet, modern, jazz and partnering. She has been trained by the excellent faculty and guest artists of the University including: Margot M. Colbert, Ernesta Corvino, Louis Kavouras (Erick Hawkins Company), Sam Watson, Victoria Dale and many others.

Her techniques and training include Hawkins, Graham, Tristler, Horton as well as other disciplines.