Jasmine is a Sacramento native who has lived in the Bay Area for over 11 years. She began her collegiate journey at San Francisco State  where she was an editor for the university magazine; Xpress Magazine. From SF State she achieved her BA degree in Journalism with a minor in Africana Studies.

In 2016 Jasmine’s academic turned organizing journey landed her in the humble West Oakland offices of the small but mighty Black Organizing Project. At the time, the 7-year -old organization was in the thick of the now,  internationally recognized Bettering Our School System (BOSS) Campaign , to eliminate school police in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). For 6 years, Jasmine worked alongside BOP members, staff, and the larger community to make history  in Oakland and the country, by making OUSD the first district in the country to eliminate a school police department.

Her passion for reading, writing, and her people  — and a student of bottom-up grassroots organizing–has allowed her to serve at BOP in many capacities. She understands that  centering the expertise and lived experience of the  most impacted folks in the process of creating solutions and demanding change–  is at the heart of organizing . She believes that storytelling is a catalyst for change and uses her writing to shift the narrative and to push the status quo to not only ensure that Black people have a platform to uplift their voices and experiences, but to enact real change . She is excited to continue to push the world to radically imagine  what is possible for her people through her work with BOP, while also reaffirming and celebrating the beauty of Blackness.