You were raised in the church? Yes, it was my grandfather’s and my grandmother’s before it was my mom’s. I’m the fourth generation. My grandmother was a missionary and my grandfather was a bishop — Albert and Thomasina Jackson. It’s in my blood; I can’t run away from it. I was giving church announcements when I was 9. I always liked being in front of people — not because I needed the limelight, but they just said, “You gotta do it.” By 12, I was teaching Sunday school to the little kids. I’m currently the youth director.

What’s coming up? I’m planning the Easter program for ages 4-10. And we’re having a youth conference the last weekend in June. Ronnie Perez, who’s Dee Armstrong’s son, will lead music. The CSU Gospel choir, called Genesis, will also perform; and we’re lining up speakers.

How many are in youth program? About 35 between the ages of 5-18.

What’s your day job? I’m an enrollment counselor at the University of Phoenix. It’ll be one year in June. I graduated from CSU in June 2008, then I did a long-time sub job at Kendrick. I liked it because I’m used to the teenagers at church. It was a very rewarding experience.

What’s your long-term goal? My goal is to get my own talk show. Right now I have a business called TNB Enterprises. It’s fashion consulting and communications consulting. I do personal shopping and tell people what not to wear. I help them pick out the right pieces. I also help people be effective communicators, such as motivational speaking, and event planning. My mom looked at my Web site the other day and she said, “Girl, how do you do all this?” and I said, “God gave it to me so I’ve got to do it.”

What are some issues facing young people? Everything from technology to television. When they step out the door and get on the school bus, there might be somebody on there with a knife. I’ll see them walking down the street and I wish someone could stop and talk to all of them. Many of them have no one to go to. If they have two parents in the home, usually both parents work. Sometimes a parent is on second or third shift. They have cell phones, iPods, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Technology is their biggest influence. They need people to mentor them. We want them to know “We’re here for you; and we’re not scared to talk about sex and drugs with you.”