Jackie graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1998 with majors in advertising and English, a big vocabulary, and no domestic animals. The following years found her subverting language at Bailey Lauerman & Associates (Lincoln, NE) and serving as a writer, producer, and office entertainer at Bozell Worldwide's Omaha office. (She also produced radio and television spots and worked a lot of hours.) Her current job, copywriter/producer at Swanson Russell Associates (Lincoln, NE), allows her to write all the time and pretend to get paid for it. She also has an addiction to plexiglass and gold. So far, thirty ADDYs feed her craving.