Monica Jacks took the long way to her finding her career. A graduate of the University of Illinois-Chicago, she followed her husband to New Jersey, Bermuda and Oklahoma for his job and raised her children. She has always had an intense love of food and a particular awe of pastry. She finally decided on a career in Pastry Arts and attended the Pastry Arts Program at Platt College in Moore, Oklahoma and found that she had a knack for chocolate work. She competed at the Pastry Live Student Chocolate Competition in 2012 finishing as runner up. She is currently Pastry Chef at Coco Flow Chocolate Cafe in Oklahoma City and a member of the Coco Flow Studio, a custom design and teaching studio within Coco Flow.