Marc-Vincent Jackson

     For nearly three decades, Marc-Vincent Jackson has been an educator specializing in World Languages having taught three different languages on three continents.  An enthusiastic traveler and avid reader, his passionate interests include entertaining, cooking, gardening, film, music and experiencing different cultures. He still plans to master Arabic and fulfill his dream of reading the Koran in its original language. Multicultural and multilingual  (English, French, Spanish and Wolof) , he attended the University of Bordeaux, France and the University of Seville, Spain and graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder with a B.A. in Romance Languages and a B.S. in Journalism. He subsequently volunteered several years in the U.S. Peace Corps, Senegal and was a group leader with Operations Crossroads Africa in Mali. He has been associated with a variety of African diaspora film festivals, such as FESPACO, as well as the Pan African Film Festival, in various capacities since its founding. By immersing himself in the local cultures, these intimate explorations and experiences give him a unique perspective and broaden his creative voice and insight as a writer. Upon settling in the United States, he eventually pursued an M.A. in Education at California State University, Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles, where he currently resides when not almost religiously traveling the world! A Thousand Points of Light is his debut novel.