Jessica Ocker attended high school in Greenwood, Arkansas graduating magna cum laude in 2004. She moved back to her hometown of Whitehouse, Texas and began her college career at Tyler Junior College. She graduated in 2006 with an Associates in Arts and Science. She continued her education at The University of Texas at Tyler and received her BSN in 2010 graduating magna cum laude. After becoming an RN, Jessica worked as an ICU nurse at ETMC Tyler for 5 years. In 2013 she was accepted into the masters program at UT Tyler to begin her journey of becoming a Nurse Practitioner. During this time she transferred units to work in Pre and Post Heart Cath and Interventional Radiology at ETMC where she worked until she completed her degree. Jessica also had the opportunity to work for Pulmonary Specialist of Tyler in the Intensive Care Unit while completing her degree. Jessica credits the six years of experience in the hospital setting for preparing her to practice as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse

Jessica graduated with her MSN in June 2016 and accepted a job at Cline Family Medicine the very same day. She is AANP board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Jessica and her husband Jake started their family shortly after she completed her degree and now have two small children, Jasper and JoJo. She has enjoyed her time working in family medicine and looks forward to practicing with Cline Family Medicine for years to come.