Jemima Escalante Castilla

Jemima has a passion for developing youth as disciples of Jesus who want the same for their peers. Jemima graduated high school in Chincha, Peru at age 16 and spent the next year studying and serving at J-Life South Africa. Currently she is a full-time student at Nyack College as an Interdisciplinary Major - Youth Ministry and Sociology.

At Nyack she plays on the Women’s NCAA Soccer Team. She also leads the “Nyack Watchman Team” that reaches out to teens in the village of Nyack each Friday evening. Jemima’s gifts of leadership, administration and faith have been fully deployed at J-Life USA as she speaks and promotes the ministry of J-Life throughout the metropolitan area.