Jesica Garza has been with SouthStar Bank since 2019 and is located at the Georgetown Branch as a Senior Vice President and Area Manager of the Urban North Region. Jesica has multiple years of mortgage lending and commercial lending experience. She specializes in complex “out of the box” underwriting that provides customers with unique lending options. Garza was selected for the Bank’s President’s Award for 2023 and Ride for the Brand Award in 2021, was named Mortgage Industry Professional of The Year in 2023 by the Austin Home Builder Association, named one of Austin’s Top Mortgage Professionals in 2021 & 2022 and is also a Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist. As a TREC certified instructor for real estate continuing education, Garza teaches mortgage and real estate investing to realtors, investors and homeowners. Garza is local to Georgetown, proudly graduating as a Georgetown Eagle in 2004 and continuing to Texas State University to pursue her degree in International Relations and Economics. A legacy to a family of builders, Garza especially enjoys working on construction and home improvement loans of all kinds. Garza is active in the community with her church and her children’s sports activities. In addition, her family is involved with Flatwater, a local non-profit founded by Garza’s husband in 2012 with a mission to provide access to therapy for families coping with a cancer diagnosis. When not working or attending her kids’ sporting events and play dates, Garza loves reading a novel on her back patio or spending time at the local CrossFit gym. After college, Garza spent several years living in Wyoming and Montana. A mountain girl at heart, her favorite family vacations are spent hiking or fly fishing in Colorado.