She transferred to Dartmouth College, where she graduated with a BA in Anthropology and French literature.
She received an MFA from the school of the Chicago Art Institute where she studied with Stan Brakhage, Bruce Baillie and others.
Later she moved to Hoboken, New Jersey where she lived for 15 years, documenting the gentrification that was taking place.
Jacobson pursued a filmmaking career while in New York City and taught filmmaking at The New School for Social Research, Ramapo College of New Jersey and the State University of New York at Purchase.
[citation needed] In 2016, Jacobson received the Herb Lockwood Prize, an annual award of Burlington City Arts.