Jessi "Feather" Maness grew up in Sheffield,Alabama and currently resides in Mendocino County, California. She works as a clinical social worker by day, and plays at being a musician by night. In her work, music, and poetry she is striving to help awaken both herself and others. The poetry and music she writes is purposed to instill a remembrance of the soul, an awakening of the inner heart, and to connect the like minded.