Jaz is a native of Memphis, TN. She earned her M.A. in Television and Film from Syracuse University's Newhouse School in 2011. She earned her B.S. in Journalism from Middle Tennessee State University in 2010 where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Jaz is passionate about empowering people to overcome any obstacles they face and use the experiences to help others. In 2006, she founded Jaz's Jammies Inc., a 501c3 collecting pajamas for children in hospitals and homeless shelters. In 2012, she began an awareness movement around the rare birth defect she has called Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM). She is producing an upcoming film More Than Skin Deep which will highlight the survivors and doctors involved with battling AVM and discovering a cure. She is motivated to use her content creation, writing, speaking and other gifts to glorify God and uplift people's lives. Jaz lives in Los Angeles, CA.