Yuki Jackson is an African-American and Japanese poet and educator based in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Her work has appeared in Cosmonauts Avenue, Foundry, Entropy and other publications. She is also the founder of The Battleground, a youth program in the Sulphur Springs neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. Her writing is inspired by her Soka Gakkai International Buddhist practice, hip-hop lyricism and the art within daily life.
Yuki has taught writing for Ringling College of Art and Design, Hillsborough Community College, Keep St.Pete Lit and Salvation Army Social Services, in addition to freelance work. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Criminology from the University of South Florida.
Born on Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, Yuki now resides in the Tampa Bay area where she is working on her next writing project.
