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Jackie told Sports Illustrated that she used to practice her ball-handling in a grass plot in her back yard with Terrence. That grass court “pretty much turned to dirt because of so much playing out there,” she said.

She was raised by a single mother.

Jackie’s mom Linda raised her and her two siblings, and she told Sports Illustrated that she “struggled [financially] my whole life.” She also shared that she loved eating school lunch growing up because she faced food insecurity at home. “We didn’t know how much we were gonna get” for food at home, she said. Jackie said the family had to deal with lights being turned off in their home, too.

“​​My mom, a single mother, made a lot of sacrifices for me and my siblings,” she told The Times. “She definitely went without to make sure we have food on the table, clothes on our backs.”

She has a supportive extended family.

Jackie told The Times that her family is “close-knit” and that her aunts and uncles helped her mother raise Jackie and her siblings. Jackie’s extended family also shared housing to help save money, she said.

Jackie’s uncle Stefan Young told 14 News in 2022 that his niece is a hard worker.

“She’s just strived to get better all the time, and here she is,” he said. “She’s worked hard to get where she’s at, she believes in her, she believes in her teammates, her coaches. She just works hard and does a great job.”

A’ja Wilson is like a big sister to her.

Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson was drafted the year before Jackie, and she took her under her wing. “When I got drafted, we were such a new franchise,” A’ja told The Times. “I didn’t have a quote-unquote vet that kind of knew the ropes.”