My Story:

During my third year of teaching, I was a first-grade teacher. I was advised to take another student, a young African American boy in my class. Jack, the young boy cried, screamed, and yelled for two hours. We didn’t know what triggered or caused him to scream and cry for 2 hours, but that’s what he did.

Jack entered my class in October of 1994. He screamed and hollered for 2 hours. All I could do was pray after the school day. However, through my relationship with God and prayer, Jack’s screams minimized slowly. By December, he was screaming an hour and 45 minutes. January came and his screaming was down to 30 minutes, and by March, he was only screaming for 5 minutes. Only God could do that.

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Dr. Josiah Jackson’s authenticity as an educator, parent advocate, ordained minister, speaker, and author helps to educate, empower, and encourage adults and youth to overcome life's stresses. She has been an elementary school teacher for 30 years in various school settings such as public, private, charter and homeschools. She also worked as a parent advocate for five years in which she enrolled and advocated for families to seven school districts helping them to navigate the school system and make better school choices. She is a planter… a person sowing seeds for the community by advocating for the growth of both the students and parents.

Adding to her list of accomplishments as a member of the Women’s International Speakers Association, COGIC Scholars, an evangelist and prophet at Jehovah Jireh Church of God in Christ, Inc. Dr. Jackson is an experienced actor, writer, author, and publisher of three books entitled, God Called Her Josiah, An Autobiography by Josiah Jackson, Leap of Faith, and Come Get These Kids. She has appeared in film; alongside the iconic actor and producer, Tyler Perry; Meet the Browns, and many more. And, she is featured as an educational professional in the book, Minnesota’s BLACK Community in the 21st Century and a contributing author of the book, Make It Happen by Kearn Crockett Cherry.

Dr. Josiah Jackson’s mantra is simple: She remains passionate about education; motivated, enthusiastic, excellent in her communication and patient with children and families