Jasmine Williams-Jacobs

Jasmine T. Williams-Jacobs (all pronouns) is the founder and director of Black Remote She, a community-driven platform for Black queer, trans, nonbinary people, and allies interested in working and networking remotely. Using their interest and background in digital organizing, communications, and community engagement, Jasmine’s previous work included freelancing as a ghostwriter, managing community engagement for cooperatives, program coordination with a conference network for women, and leading marketing and sales for a music festival vendor. In 2019, Jasmine started Black Remote She as a YouTube channel to act as an educational and awareness tool to help other Black 2SLGBTQIA+ folks transition into flexible work options. On the channel, Jasmine shared their personal experiences with workplace discrimination and the flexibility and safe haven remote work offered them, but they vowed not to stop there. With a passion for collective liberation, transformative change, and dismantling systemic oppression, Jasmine manages Black Remote She as a progressive system of job and resource sharing. Jasmine has been featured as a remote work expert with InHerSight and as a featured speaker for Black Innovation Alliance, TransTech Summit, Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, Queer Leadership Symposium, Out in Tech, Center for Digital Strategy, Colorstack, The Future Proof Collective, and more. Black Remote She has been recognized in numerous publications including Stonewall, Community Centric Fundraising, INTO More, and Inclusion Hub.