Dr. Jones-Bourne was raised in Baltimore, Maryland where she attended Johns Hopkins University. She received her doctorate from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Jones-Bourne completed her adult psychiatry training at Columbia University. She is board-certified in Adult Psychiatry and completed a Public Psychiatry fellowship at the New York Sate Psychiatric Institute, affiliated with Columbia University. She has also received training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and trauma-informed care.

Dr. Jones-Bourne currently works all over the country as an emergency department psychiatrist. She also has a small private practice where her treatment philosophy is based on the recovery model where clients are at the forefront of deciding their treatment goals. Dr. Jones-Bourne's goal is to help improve the quality of life and functioning for each of her clients. She started to create classes because she saw a bigger need that couldn't be filled through individual appointments. 

Informally, Dr. Jones-Bourne hosts the Jill Of All Trades Blog and Vlog where she discusses various topics such as mental health, sobriety, travel, parenting, and more.