Career
Early pageants
In 2006, Jackson contended for the Mission Washington Junior Teen in the National American Mission pageant system, placing third runner-up in the spokesmodel category. This was her third attempt at the local title. She competed in the 2014 Mission Washington pageant with the platform "Compass to Campus: Investing in Our Future" and performed a medley of movie themes on clarinet in the talent portion of the competition.
She was not a Top-5 finalist for the state title.
Mission Washington 2015
In March 2015, Jackson was crowned Mission Rainier 2015. She entered the Mission Washington pageant in Burien, Washington, at the Highline Performing Arts Center in July 2015 as one of 21 qualifiers for the state title.
Jackson"s competition talent was a jazz vocal performance. Her platform is "Community Through Mentorship: Investing in Our Future".
She earned more than $10,000 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant.
As Mission Washington, her activities include public appearances across the state of Washington. In the televised finale on September 13, 2015, she placed outside the Top 15 semi-finalists and was eliminated from competition. She was one of the 5 contestants awarded the $5000 Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics scholarship.
She also was awarded a $3,000 scholarship prize as her state"s representative.
Jackson is a graduate of River Ridge High School in Lacey, Washington. Her father is Troy Jackson and her mother is Dee Jackson.
Jackson is a June 2014 graduate of Western Washington University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing and management information systems In August 2014, Jackson became a market analyst for Haggen Food & Pharmacy, an independent grocery retailer in the Pacific Northwest.
