Jackie was born in Bellefonte, PA, to a military family and lived all over the world until settling in Pensacola and calling it home. Her background is in mortgage lending. She and her husband owned West Florida Mortgage until his death in 2009. She closed the business at that time and went to work as the parish manager for St. Joseph Catholic Church downtown. She transferred to Nativity of Our Lord in 2013. She has had the good fortune to work for several pastors, and it has been her pleasure to serve the good people of Nativity.