Voyagela.com spoke with Kristy Jackson on a variety of topics on life and business. Click here for the full interview and check out a preview below.

Hi Kristy, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
Born and raised in the Show Me State of MO by a dreamer mom, Ernestine, who taught me to create bigger and a disruptor dad, Neil, who taught me to stand for what I believe in, I grew up knowing that the sky isn’t the limit—it’s just the starting point. That mindset shaped me into who I am today: a builder of people, tools, spaces, and opportunities for others to thrive unapologetically. As the founder of SheCan Connect and SheCan Connect Global Network (Nonprofit), I’ve created a faith-filled sisterhood for ambitious women ready to make an impact, claim their space, and own their power through upward economic mobility.

I am blessed to be a #1 bestselling author with titles like Dream, Sink, Launch, designed to equip entrepreneurs to dream bigger and pursue their goals actively, the Dream Box childrens book and a contributor to the powerful book collaborative, Beyond the Desk by Precious Whitner. I also created the trademarked Bizperation brand. My work has earned me recognition from the U.S. Small Business Administration as a National Emerging Leader, inclusion in St. Louis Small Business Magazine’s 100 St. Louisans to Know, and roles such as Greater Missouri Leadership Foundation Alumna and founding Executive Director of the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Harris -Stowe State University. I’m your go-to cheerleader for dreaming audaciously and actually doing something about it. And while the accolades are a blessing——what fuels me is working in my God given purpose and seeing other women succeed.

With over two decades of experience in entrepreneurship, teaching, coaching, and speaking, I’ve become known as the “Black Godmother of Entrepreneurs” because I keep it real, genuinely share resources, and help others see that what they think is impossible – IS possible. My life motto? Nelson Mandela said it best: “It only seems impossible until it is done.”

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
It’s in my nature to see things that most people don’t and that includes gaps to create purposeful solutions to fill them. My mindset has helped me to become an author, product developer, and founder of various brands and networks to help improve someone’s life and business. The entrepreneurial spirit runs deep within me. My grandfather owned several rental properties, my mother owned a private music studio and taught piano and voice to adults and children for 20 years and my husband, James and I were the first African American couple to open a co- working space in the Benton Park Community in St, Louis. These influences drive me to stay agile to chase my ideas, take risks, and persevere through challenges.