About Ann Marie
Artist's Statement
I write as a woman, activist, mother, and immigrant to Mexico. I write for change, sometimes as therapy, and for the pleasure of expression and connection.
My immigrant experience provides a deep well of inspiration. I am intensely involved in the San Miguel de Allende community, where I work with nonprofit organizations that improve the lives of women and children, and with advocates who protest violence against women and bring critical attention to las desaparecidas, the murdered/missing women of Mexico.
The word “expat” carries a load of unquestioned privilege. I was graciously welcomed into the community a decade ago and have indeed enjoyed a privileged immigrant life. This life nonetheless offers an abundance of opportunities to learn and contribute and a not inconsequential array of challenges. In Mexico, I have become a student of the little differences that truly matter. I hope the resulting attention to detail comes through in my writing. My current work explores and revels in many wonderful aspects of my life in Mexico while also grappling with the problematic elements.
Biography
ANN MARIE JACKSON is the award-winning author of The Broken Hummingbird, a writer for Mexico News Daily, and a freelance editor and ghostwriter. She is a 2025 Escape to Create Writer-in-Residence as well as a San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival advisory board member.
Jackson is also co-founder of microlending organization Mano Amiga and a longstanding board member of Casita Linda, which builds homes for families living in extreme poverty in central Mexico. Early in her career, after earning degrees from Stanford and Harvard, Jackson joined the U.S. Department of State to promote human rights in China and other East Asian and Pacific Island nations. She has worked with Human Rights Watch, A Better Chance, and Internews to further social justice causes and advance respect for human rights. A native of Seattle, Washington, Jackson resides in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
