Jessica Tillery's path to founding All Quality Graphics, a PRINTING United Alliance member, wasn't linear — it was a wildly unexpected detour that turned into a calling. She spent a decade in sports medicine and corporate wellness, most recently as a wellness director at a major pharmaceutical company, before a move to Sacramento and a chance encounter with the screen print industry changed everything. Watching a vendor miss deadlines while she was ordering thousands of branded shirts sparked a thought: I could do this. Thirteen years later, she runs a full-service custom merch shop with screen printing, embroidery, DTG, DTF, and graphic design all under one roof — and a team that's been with her for most of that journey.

What makes AQG stand out isn't just the capabilities. It's the culture. Jessica runs a four-day, 40-hour workweek — Mondays off, always — and she's built a shop where the phrase "work hard, play hard" isn't a poster on the wall, it's how they actually operate. In this conversation, she gets candid about what the print industry looked like for women when she started (spoiler: not great), how that's shifted dramatically in the last decade, and the role mentorship — from ROQ's Ryan Moore to local high school interns — has played in her growth. Her advice for women entering the industry? Stop waiting until you feel qualified. Raise your hand. Show up. And get out of your own way.

01:00 — Welcome & All Quality Graphics overview
02:00 — From sports medicine to corporate wellness director
03:00 — Moving to Sacramento, opening a deli, and watching screen printing up close
04:00 — The "how hard can it be?" moment that started it all
05:00 — Keeping her corporate job for 18 months, then taking the leap
06:00 — How HR leadership experience shaped AQG's culture
08:00 — Team longevity — and why listening is the underrated leadership skill
09:00 — The four 10-hour day workweek and the case for Mondays off
11:00 — Women in print then vs. now: a decade of real change
13:00 — Winning the Women in Screen Print award and the doors it opened
14:30 — What drove the shift: new generations, new voices, new platforms
15:30 — How ROQ and Ryan Moore changed everything for her
17:00 — School partnerships, internships, and hiring the next generation
20:00 — Mentoring other shops and the law of reciprocation
23:00 — Final advice: stay in your lane, raise your hand, fight imposter syndrome