Calderon, Jessa: - Born and raised in her ancestral homelands of the Tongva and Chumash, in the westernmost parts of what is now Los Angeles County, Jessa Calderon began writing at the young age of eight years old. Her passion for storytelling lives through her poetry and music. Storytelling is how many Indigenous cultures teach morals and truths. That tradition is embedded in Jessa's DNA and she is ever grateful for it.