Career
Despite a late start to a full-time music career, at the age of 30, Jessie has been steadfast in developing herself as a musician. As a song writer and singer, Jessie has been influenced by artists both in her native Chinese culture as well as the culture of her adopted homeland, America. With full command of three languages (English, Mandarin and Cantonese), her performances are effortless cross-overs of not only cultures but times as well, straddling between older classics and contemporary hits.
Often described by audiences as uplifting and passionate, her singing possesses an undeniable genuineness.
A unique signature of hers is the lingering sensuality in her voice coupled with a tender sweetness in the tone. Jessie connects with the audiences through her music and singing which embody the cultures, values and traditions she represents as well as her own life journey.
In 2003, Jessie Liu returned to Rhode Island to finish college while interned in a marketing firm in Manhattan, New New York In 2007, she withdrawn from her full-time position as the Account Service Department Director at the marketing firm, and started her new career in entertainment production. She hosted a Telly Award-winning, national Chinese American television program, Better Living in United States of America «美化家居» , in fall 2006.
From April to December 2007, she hosted the first Chinese American game show series, Click or Clash «皇牌對對碰», produced by a New York-based entertainment company, JL Global Entertainment Incorporated.
In 2008, Jessie Liu produced, directed, hosted Telly Award winning program
Better Living in United States of America II, Celebrity Home «名家有主», traveled around the United States. to interview successful Chinese American immigrants.
lieutenant is the first locally produced Chinese American television show that got broadcast nationally via multiple television cable and satellite network in the United States.
Jessie Liu entered Mission New York Chinese 2002 pageant at the age of 20. She played piano and sang a song that she composed as her talent performance in the competition. In January, 2003, she traveled to Hong Kong to compete in Mission Chinese International Pageant 2003 representing New York City.