My name is Jessie Maye McCandless Niedens and I was born on September 4, 1975 in Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas at Pratt Regional Medical Center to Robert Joe McCandless and Diana Maye Pilger.
My parents divorced in 1993. I graduated from Pratt High School in 1994 and worked for two years before attending college.
I graduated from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in 2000.
I married Clint Alexander Niedens, son of Ross Niedens and Stephanie Rowe on August 18, 2012 in San Isabel National Park in Custer County, Colorado.
I graduated from Colorado State University - Pueblo with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2015.
I graduated from Colorado State University - Pueblo with a Masters in Nursing in 2019. I earned a dual certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Adult/Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.