The Disabled Queen
Jessica Jordan Ping is a 27-year-old, disabled woman who lives in downtown Chicago. She was born with a very rare genetic disorder called CHILD Syndrome. This condition has left Jessica with a shortened arm and an amputated leg on the left side of her body. Both are covered in red, itchy, dry skin. With only 60 known cases worldwide, Jessica has always been unique, but it wasn’t until 3 years ago that she truly began to understand and unleash her distinctive voice.
In June 2020, one year after graduating with a BA in English literature from the University of Notre Dame, Jessica launched, The Rolling Explorer – a lifestyle blog with a disabled twist. She uses her online platforms to share her lived experience with her audience, to educate and spread awareness of the disabled perspective, to spill the #AccessibiliTEA, and to inspire self-love and disability pride worldwide.
Jessica works as a writer, speaker, content creator, podcaster, influencer, model, actor, presenter, and consultant and is represented by C Talent at Whalar. She has worked with brands like Google, Meta, Moderna, Monster, Logitech, Paralyzed Veterans of America, TFL, Liberare, Natwest, and the NHS.
Jessica attended London Fashion Week for 3 consecutive seasons as both a model and a guest. She has sat front row for designers like Pam Hogg, Buerlangma, and Helen Anthony, and walked for sustainable designer Sarah Regensburger. Most notably, she closed the Unhidden 2023 runway show wearing an adaptive and luxurious red dress. As a result, she was interviewed on Channel 4, NowThis, and was even highlighted in the BBC’s most striking looks from the Feb 2023 LFW season.
She has been featured in several publications, including on the digital cover of Flewid Magazine, British Vogue, Billboard, USA Today, ITV News, Buzzfeed, MSN, and more. In May 2022, she had her first TV appearance on E4’s Embarrassing Bodies.
In June 2023, Jessica was invited by Instagram to attend Vidcon in Anaheim, California as one of their 10 creative ambassadors. While there, Jessica worked directly with the Meta team to create content as well as direct her own videos on the ground. She attended several keynote presentations and panels on the ever-expanding creator economy and met dozens of other content creators from around the world.
Jessica was chosen as one of the 200 content creators credentialed as press at the Democratic National Convention in August 2024. No stranger to political content, Jessica sat in on caucus meetings, panels, and attended the nightly programming featuring iconic political figures like Hillary Clinton, Tim Walz, and Kamala Harris as a way to learn more about the policy goals for the upcoming presidential election and report her experience and realizations to her online audience.
In September 2024, Jessica launched her first-ever solo podcast, Access Denied. With this new medium, Jessica hopes to share stories of rejection, failure, discrimination, and being told no, to encourage her listeners to do things scared and go after their dreams anyway!
With over 235,000 followers across all of her social platforms, Jessica is a powerful voice in the disability community. You can follow her journey on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
When she is not working, Jessica enjoys traveling with her family and friends, binge-watching reality TV shows, drinking her morning tea while filling out the daily crossword, and going rock climbing!
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