A Conversation With Jewelean Jackson

By: as told to Mingyu Ma

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: April 28, 2026

Words: 1,002

Last Updated: 3 months ago

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My story begins the way everyone’s does — with birth. But the circumstances around that birth shaped the rest of my life in ways I didn’t fully understand until much later.

I was an army brat, the eldest of eight children. My father served his country, …

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