Jessica Marie O’Neill
Grade 3 Teacher, Las Hermanas Mirabal Community School

Jessica O’Neill is a veteran educator with over two decades of dedicated service to the Yonkers Public Schools community. A proud graduate of the district, she attended PS 21, John Burroughs Middle School, and Saunders Trades and Technical High School, where she majored in Business and graduated in 1994. Jessica began her teaching career at Las Hermanas Mirabal Community School in 1998, where she taught fifth grade. Over the years, she also brought her passion for education to Museum School 25 and has taught nearly every elementary grade from Kindergarten to Grade 5.

Since 2014, Jessica has been inspiring young minds as a third-grade teacher at Las Hermanas Mirabal Community School. Her deep roots in the community – growing up just a block away from the school and now teaching where her husband once studied  - adds a personal connection to her professional journey. Jessica is passionate about instilling a love for reading and writing in her students and takes pride in creating a nurturing, supportive “Third Grade Family” each year.

Jessica lives in Dobbs Ferry with her husband, Kevin O’Neill, a physical education teacher in the Bronx. They have two sons: Tyler, a student at Manhattan University, and Sean, an aspiring entrepreneur. She is the daughter of Don Sciortino and the late RoseMary Sciortino, and remains closely connected to her Yonkers roots through her extended family.