Our Voices

Natasha Nurse talks with Jackie Schwartz, an award-winning filmmaker. In 2014, she co-created, produced, and sold a digital series called Rare Birds of Fashion, which champions the plus-size community and female entrepreneurs. Since then, she’s produced multiple web series and short films, which have premiered and won awards at various festivals throughout the country. Jackie is a board member of Realize Your Beauty, an organization dedicated to promoting positive body image to youth through theater arts. She currently lives in New York City & is working on her memoir: I Only Came for the Food.