Jessica Slessman joined the Soapstone staff as Preschool Director in the spring of 2020. She has an extensive background in teaching and knows firsthand what it takes to motivate and inspire young children as the mom of two young ones herself.
Jessica believes God called her to serve the preschool ministry, especially in a time of pandemic and crisis. Her creativity, organization, compassion, and tenacious research skills successfully helped manage many disruptions–all while continuing to educate and nurture our pre-schoolers with her creative, fun use of technology. And she successfully re-opened the preschool in person by fall of 2020.
The Maryland native is an avid runner and enjoys spending time with her family and friends, reading, and watching Netflix with her husband. The energetic Slessman wants to travel to Italy one day. And one little known fact is that she was in an acapella group in college. (Our music director loved this!). And if she wasn’t loving directing our Preschool, Jessica has dreamed of doing children’s education in a museum.
She lives in Raleigh with her husband, daughter and son. And when not in Raleigh, you might find her at Emerald Isle Beach or Asheville, two of her favorite places to spend time with family.