Who is Karima Jackson? Everything You Need to Know

Quick Facts

Age: 30 Years, 30 Year Old Females

Family:

father: Ice Cube

mother: Kimberly Woodruff

siblings: Darrel Jackson, Deja Jackson, Shareef Jackson

Family Members American Women

U.S. State: California

City: Los Angeles

More Facts

education: Rutgers University-New Brunswick

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Childhood & Early Life

Karima Jackson was born on February 17, 1994 in Los Angeles, California, to the American rapper, writer and actor O'Shea Jackson Sr. and his wife Kimberly Woodruff. She is the younger sister of rappers O'Shea Jackson Jr. and Darrell Jackson. She also has a younger brother named Shareef, and a younger sister called Deja.

Karima completed her bachelor's degree in sociology from the 'Rutgers University-New Brunswick'. She then went on to earn a master's degree in child advocacy, focussed on public child welfare, from the 'Montclair State University.' She holds another master's degree in public administration from 'Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark', where she was a 'Pi Alpha Alpha' member. Currently, Karima is a research fellow at the ‘Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration.' (SPAA)

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Career

Karima Jackson joined the 'St. John's Community Services' (SJCS) as an assistant program director while she was pursuing her bachelor’s degree. The SJCS is one of the oldest non-profits founded in Washington, D.C. After she left the community service, she served as a family service specialist (II) for the State of New Jersey, before being promoted to the position of a family service specialist (I). Eventually, she was made a family service supervisor. She founded a charitable organization called 'Organize Change, Inc.' in 2014 and currently serves as its executive director. She is now pursuing her PhD at ‘Rutgers University SPAA’.

Family & Personal Life

Karima Jackson is in a relationship with Horatio Joines, one of the 'Organize Change, Inc.' members. The two often accompany each other in their philanthropic activities. Though not much is known about their relationship, it is confirmed that their devotion to noble causes brought Karima and Horatio together. The two were in the news in 2016 after Horatio had a physical altercation with Newark Cemetery's board member Warren Vincentz. At that time, Karima was working on the 'Clean up Woodland Cemetery' campaign in Newark, for which she faced a lot of opposition from the cemetery board. The board authority declined to financially back Karima's campaign proposal. She, however, was determined to clean up the cemetery so that it could be used for other purposes. It resulted in a feud between Karima and Warren Vincentz, whom she accused of misbehaving with her. She immediately reported the incident to the police and her boyfriend.

Horatio arrived before the police and attempted to click pictures of the board member's license plate, which caused a dispute between the two. The fight took an ugly turn when Horatio punched Warren hard in his face. When the cops arrived, Karima filed a complaint against Warren for triggering the brawl. In her complain to the ‘New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs’, she accused the cemetery's board of financial mismanagement, regulatory violations and a lack of transparency in its financial affairs. The matter has now been resolved. It did not affect Karima and Horatio's relationship in any way, and the couple is planning to get married soon.

Trivia

It was her late great aunt who inspired Karima Jackson to dedicate her life to philanthropic endeavours. She revealed that her great aunt, who passed away in 2014 at the age of 80, made several sacrifices for the betterment of community.

Karima is also a member of the organization ‘Anti-Racist Alliance-North Jersey’.

Karima Jackson Biography