Women at Work: Jessie Uyeda, Creative Builder, DIY Content Creator

Woman in black tank top and patterned pants wearing tool belt, climbing wooden stairs while holding drill in construction setting.

Jessie Uyeda has strong beliefs:

  • DIY is comedy.
  • You don't have to know what you're doing to make a How-To video. (In fact, it's funnier if you don't.)
  • Shoes are individuals and don't have to match.
  • If you cover yourself with breadcrumbs and sit still long enough, you will make a new friend.

Jessie's life is the comedy series the world has been waiting for. A former librarian, she was persuaded by her brother, Ben, to join his highly successful DIY design-build video channel, HomeMade Modern. She now lives with a bunch of dude roommates in the California desert, in a large rental house while they build a tiny house for the channel. When she isn't building for Homemade Modern, Jess chills with her on-site squirrel friend, Gary, makes her own hilarious DIY videos for her channel, and displays her patented #lesserknownyoga moves on the job in her black Mavens. As if that's not rad enough, Jessie, her Mavens, and Gary the Squirrel have been immortalized in a video game style build series, Maker Adventure, on the Skull&Spade13 YouTube channel. Hang with her @ijessup.

Jessie's dirt uniform is the Maven Slim in Black Stretch Denim.

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