Ilissa Jackson

Ilissa Dawn Jackson was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in South Florida. After seeing her first Broadway play, Annie, when she was 4 years-old, she knew she wanted to act. She performed in a community theater group as a young child and teenager. She chose music over drama and acting and became an accomplished flute player. After spending a year in Israel after high school she graduated with a degree in Social Work and was a social worker for 7 years and eventually went back to school to pursue her other passion, medicine, and got her Masters Degree in Clinical Medical Sciences and became a Physician Assistant. She began practicing medicine in 2005. In 2011 she decided to pursue her other dream-acting-and moved to NYC. She completed a 2-year Meisner Technique Program at The Acting Studio under the instruction of James Price. Since that time she has continued to practice both of her loves: acting and medicine.