Jackie (she/her) connects to authentic stories that honestly portray life's messiness. To that end, she helps writers bring depth to their portrayal of various cultural, societal, and medical narratives, including intersectional identities (e.g., immigrant/first-generation experience; mental health, neuroinclusion, disability).

As someone who identifies as having ADHD (late diagnosis) and mental health challenges, she offers lived and professional experience in both her creative endeavors and clinical work as a medical doctor and mindfulness instructor.

Her love of travel inspired becoming a learner of Portuguese and Italian, to add to her native tongues (Latin American Spanish and North American English). She's navigated various cultures through lived experience, international research, and academic work spanning many cultures (Nicaraguan, Cape Verdean, Latinx, and Portuguese), mental health, and public health.

As part of Lion's Head Studios, she leverages her experience in program management, implementation science, web design, and graphic design to facilitate script development, interdepartmental collaboration, and administrative pre-production operations. She's really excited about the studio's new project: Bingeworthy Writing Podcast and having another reason to nerd-out with Jonathan about stories and how they impact us.

Jackie’s enthusiasm for story and collaboration extends to hobbies including storytelling through tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), cooperative board games, and community fiber arts poetry projects.