[1][2][3] Jackson also participated in a jazz ensemble at Merit School of Music, and was the Youth Poet Laureate of Chicago in 2018.
[4][5][7] In 2019, she was named the United States National Youth Poet Laureate from after submitting an essay on poetry and democracy.
[13][16][17] Jackson provided vocals, guitar, banjo, and piano on the album, and collaborated with musicians Kaina, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, and Sen Morimoto on lyrics and production.
[18] Jackson has listed Joanna Newsom, Joni Mitchell, Megan Thee Stallion, Joan Baez, Jim Croce, and Ella Fitzgerald as musical inspirations.
[19][15][3] In 2023, she also opened for Corinne Bailey Rae's Black Rainbows tour, and appeared on Kevin Abstract's Blanket.