Jessica Bejarano

Bejarano grew up in Bell Gardens southeast of Los Angeles, California, raised by a single mother.

She was also offered a $2000 per year position as assistant conductor of the Peninsula Symphony in Los Altos, California.

[9] She has been a guest conductor in Russia, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Spain, Venezuela, Finland and the Czech Republic, and with orchestras in the U.S. from Santa Cruz to Baltimore.

[5] She is a regular guest conductor with Camerata Antonio Soler Orchestra in San Lorenzo de el Escorial, Spain.

[10] In 2019, Bejarano founded the San Francisco Philharmonic, an 80 piece symphony created to "reflect the glorious diversity of the Bay Area [and to be] accessible to all.

Bejarano conducting chamber orchestra