Jessica Hodges (third‑grade student)

Jessica Hodges is a third‑grade student who visits the White House as part of a school tour and functions as a small but potent humanizing presence for the presidency. She greets the President with a direct, childlike curiosity—asking what he most enjoys about the job—and accepts an affectionate forehead kiss, creating an intimate public moment that punctures ceremonial distance. Jessica represents the administration’s civic outreach and the personal side of public office: a trusting visitor whose simple question briefly reframes national leadership as a humane, accessible role.