Overview
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Grace Jackson

Oviedo,USA

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Bake it Forward
Oviedo, USA
01.2022 - Current
  • I Founded this initiative with my family to create community in domestic violence, homeless and human trafficking shelters by providing baked goods and spaces for people to share their stories
  • Provided over $5000 worth of baked goods impacting over 350 people
  • Directed and coordinated donations with partnering organizations
  • Distributed $500+ worth of Christmas presents to everyone in a domestic violence shelter by collaborating with major brands like Lululemon, Evry Jewels and Lego

Student Ambassador

Florida Debate Initiative
Oviedo, USA
07.2024 - Current
  • Spoke and volunteered in the community to increase support for student debate
  • Judged local debate tournaments while providing free instruction
  • Secured a $4000 grant for my school and started a middle school debate team

Software Engineering Intern

Extern and Epic Games
Boston, MA
05.2025 - 08.2025
  • Created a fully functioning Rube Goldberg Machine utilizing the Epic Games Unreal Engine (CMD & Python)
  • -Designed and tested 3D scenes by importing assets, creating chain reactions, and debugging to improve performance

Political Affairs Intern

The Borgen Project
Oviedo, USA
08.2024 - 12.2025
  • Met with congressmen, wrote articles, attended networking events, fundraised and held community events to turn the mission to reduce global poverty into a reality through policy
  • Successfully implemented a campaign in collaboration with community organizations that mobilized over 100 people to email their congressmen earning the President's circle award

Campaign Intern

FL State Representative Eskamani
Orlando, USA
08.2024 - 11.2025
  • Organized and maintained detailed records of campaign activities, including a donor contact database of 1000+, donation amounts, and outreach efforts.
  • Contributed to a successful reelection campaign as the youngest member on staff

Model

Professionally Pretty
Orlando, USA
01.2019 - Current
  • Shot film, commercial, print, runway, and swim in the greater Orlando area.

Model Actress

Diamond Agency
Orlando, USA
01.2017 - Current
  • Shot print and commercial material in the greater Orlando area

Youth Associate

United Nations
Oviedo, USA
11.2024 - Current
  • Held public forum discussions in key issues to encourage civic literacy
  • Participated in community service projects aimed at reducing poverty

Administrative Assistant

Capitol Debate
Wellesley, Massachusetts
07.2025 - 08.2025
  • Managed correspondence, including emails, phone calls, and memos.
  • Coordinated schedules and appointments for executives and a team members.
  • Oversaw 4 junior instructors and assisted directors with day to day logistics.

Junior Instructor

Capitol Debate
Princeton, NJ
05.2025 - 08.2025
  • instructed debate during a residential camp to a combined total of over 100 students from across the US
  • facilitated three tournaments and showcases coordinating production, 100+ audience members and logistical details
  • served as a residential advisor for 35 students across the Princeton and Babson campuses

Deputy Director of Independent Entries

Equality in Forensics
Oviedo, USA
10.2024 - 05.2025
  • Managed and registered debaters as collective independents to save underprivileged students money
  • Facilitated communication with and manage over 500 independent entries saving each student between $25-$75

Advanced Ruby Lab Coach

Equality in Forensics
Oviedo, USA
09.2024 - 05.2025
  • Held weekly lab sessions providing free coaching to 10 students to improve equity in debate
  • Co-manage NPO w/ 1200+ members

Debate Captain/Coach

Hagerty High School Debate
Oviedo, USA
08.2024 - 05.2025
  • Increased team members from 15-50, the largest the team has been since our coach left in 2021
  • Successfully presented a proposal to the district to increase support for debate
  • Taught the Debate I class: created daily lesson plans, taught 50+ students, reviewed 100+ speeches and cases
  • Introduced my team to three new leagues by competing alone on the national circuit for a year
  • Broke 5 school national records and 2 Seminole County Public Schools national records

Resource Contributor

Equality in Forensics
Oviedo, USA
04.2024 - 05.2025
  • Contributed to $200,000+ worth of free resources by creating and formatting 100+ pages of learning material to form the largest free online congressional debate resource center

Marketing Team Director

We are Student Abolition Movement
Orlando, USA
08.2024 - 10.2024
  • Analyzed viewer and interaction trends and provided weekly reports with recommendations
  • Held weekly meetings as the director of a team of 5 to improve the spread human trafficking awareness by reviewing this Non Profit's digital marketing strategies
  • Advertised to over 20 local clubs, schools and organizations
  • Results: over 250 students in attendance of the conference, 10000+ post impressions, 1 full ride scholarship awarded

Advanced Lab Summer Camp Instructor

Equality in Forensics
Oviedo, USA
07.2024 - 07.2024
  • I taught 10 advanced lab students, gave 3 lectures on congressional debate, and saved debaters approximately $120,000 in summer camp tuition by providing free instruction
  • Served as parliamentarian for the season championship; Helped run a tournament with 50+ participants

Cook, Cashier and Server

Eastside BBQ
Oviedo, USA
08.2021 - 11.2023
  • Serving 200+ clients per day with a 3-person team
  • Worked on weekends during the fall for 10-12 hours per day

Education

Bachelor of Science - Economics

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
05-2029

High School Diploma -

Hagerty High School
Oviedo, FL
05.2025

Advanced Lab Student - Congressional Debate and Debate Theory

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, US
07.2023

Skills

  • Effective Communication
  • Group leadership
  • Policy analysis
  • Qualitative Research
  • Campaign Management
  • Public Speaking

Certification

  • Generative AI Fundamentals Accreditation, Databricks, 2024
  • Artificial Intelligence Certified Student, ESAI, 2024

Training

  • Florida Debate Initiative (FDI) Conference Speaker, Invited on an all expenses paid trip by the FDI to speak at the Florida Department of Education to beta-test new debate technology. The result of my attendance was my school joining the initiative and receiving a grant.
  • IgniteHER Women in Public Speaking and Advocacy Conference Keynote Speaker, Chosen as 1/2 members of Equality in Forensics (1200+ members) to be a featured speaker at this conference to inspire hundreds of young women worldwide for an audience of over 100 people.
  • Equality in Forensics Round Robin Speaker, Selected as 1/12 for this invitational round robin designed to showcase the world's best congressional debaters for over 2000 viewers.

Publications

  • Building Bridges: The Power of Community Engagement with Grace Jackson
  • Inspiring Teens Magazine Issue 83
  • Featured in Arizona Shoutout Magazine
  • Featured in Voyage Bold Series

Affiliations

  • climate initiative ambassador
  • world literacy foundation ambassador

Accomplishments

2025 NSDA Senate Top Speaker: 1/25000+, highest placing black woman in the 100 year history of the NSDA in this event

2025 NCFL Congress Runner Up: 2/15000+

2025 AP Scholar with Honor

2025 Ron Brown Captain: 51/4000+

2025 Ninfa Laurenzo Scholar: 1/100+

2025 AT&T Scholar: 10/2000+

2024 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Senate Finalist :placed 9th out of 25000 debaters worldwide; Recipient of

the John R Lewis Medal and the first in my school and district to recieve this award in over 20 years.

2024 Emory University Gold Key Award (top 16 out of 152 of the best US congressional debaters)

2024 National Catholic Forensics League National(NCFL) Finalist: placed 6th/15000 US debaters

Named 1 of 32 of the most inspiring teenagers across the globe by an international magazine; received the Inspiring Teens

scholarship

2024 North Florida Catholic League National Qualifier Champion: 1/60

2024 & 2025 2X NSDA Senate Qualifier: 200 yearly across the US

2023 & 2024 2X NCFL Nationals Qualifier: ~170 from across the US

2023 Harvard University National Forensics Leadership Award

2024 Bronze Presidential Service Award

2023 Yale Semifinalist

2022-2024- Undefeated in the North Florida Catholic League :won 8 consecutive tournaments in this ~300 person circuit

2024 NSDA Superior Distinction: top 4% of 141000 debaters

2023, 2024, 2025 First 3X Tournament of Champions Qualifier in my school: 200/22000 US debaters

2022 University of Florida Best Presiding Officer

2023, 2024 2X Constellation debate runner up: 2/ 70

2024 Borgen Project President's Circle Award

2024 NSDA Academic All American: One of America's most prestigious academic awards with 1000 receiving the award out of 141000 yearly (0.7% acceptance rate); 1st in school to receive this award

Timeline

Administrative Assistant

Capitol Debate
07.2025 - 08.2025

Software Engineering Intern

Extern and Epic Games
05.2025 - 08.2025

Junior Instructor

Capitol Debate
05.2025 - 08.2025

Youth Associate

United Nations
11.2024 - Current

Deputy Director of Independent Entries

Equality in Forensics
10.2024 - 05.2025

Advanced Ruby Lab Coach

Equality in Forensics
09.2024 - 05.2025

Political Affairs Intern

The Borgen Project
08.2024 - 12.2025

Campaign Intern

FL State Representative Eskamani
08.2024 - 11.2025

Debate Captain/Coach

Hagerty High School Debate
08.2024 - 05.2025

Marketing Team Director

We are Student Abolition Movement
08.2024 - 10.2024

Student Ambassador

Florida Debate Initiative
07.2024 - Current

Advanced Lab Summer Camp Instructor

Equality in Forensics
07.2024 - 07.2024

Resource Contributor

Equality in Forensics
04.2024 - 05.2025

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Bake it Forward
01.2022 - Current

Cook, Cashier and Server

Eastside BBQ
08.2021 - 11.2023

Model

Professionally Pretty
01.2019 - Current

Model Actress

Diamond Agency
01.2017 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Economics

University of California, Berkeley

High School Diploma -

Hagerty High School

Advanced Lab Student - Congressional Debate and Debate Theory

Harvard University

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