She Smiles Entertainment

CEO Tawanna I. Wilkins

About Tawanna Jackson-Wilkins
Play Write | Artistic Director | Producer | Hostess | Poet | Actress
Tawanna Jackson is an African American female entrepreneur born and
raised in Corsicana Texas. She moved to Austin, Texas in 1994 where she
awakened her passion for acting and making a better life for herself. In her
middle school days, she took up theatre and received an opportunity to meet
the late and great, Maya Angelou.
Her Faith
She was introduced the Christian faith at a young age, even while in middle
school she became a regular afterschool leader for the Christian group. As
she grew up, she observed that no one loves for the sake of just loving
anymore. She sees that people get married for the sake of children and
people only stay together because of the children. If there are no other
factors, people divorce for financial reasons. She seeks to rebuild this faith
and remind others that God’s intent was for all of us to have the same love
for one another that He has for us. We mess up, we walk away, we turn our
backs on Him, yet He still loves us. Through her faith, she wants to help
people see themselves as God sees them. Loving yourself allows others to
love you. She intends to share her testimony with the world through her
words and her works restoring people one smile at a time.
Her Works
Most of Ms. Jackson’s work has been behind the scenes. She has taught
acting workshops and has been a part of the Texas Empowerment
Academy’s afterschool program teaching theatre to the second and fifth
graders. The children have performed several of her known ensembles at
the University of Huston Tillotson winter and spring shows. Expanding her
acting talents, she has appeared on several well-known television shows
such as HBO’s, The Leftovers and Fox’s Urban Cowboy to name a few