As an active volunteer, entrepreneur and political activist in the communities of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Bradford, Pennsylvania, Shakira Jackson, Miss Steel City, hopes to inspire others with her activism and platform as she heads to Miss Pennsylvania 2022 at York, Pennsylvania. next week.

Studio 814’s Rebecca Petner and Morgan Koziar sit down with Jackson to learn more about her early days in the competition, her goals for the future, and how she’s preparing for the big competition.

“From activism to challenging the status quo of society to effect change,” Shakira, a history and political science graduate, spreads her knowledge on voter education and helps register Americans ahead of elections . She is an advocate for the right to vote.

Jackson is an environmentalist, event organizer and opera singer.

Miss Steel City Shakira Unique Jackson performs “Miss Celie’s Blues” from the movie “The Color Purple.”

At just 20 years old, Jackson knows that one day she would like to run for the future president of the United States. His “ideal mission in life is to leave the world better than how [she] find her.

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