Raised in Florida, she studiedmusic and acting and at a very young age began singing with different localbands.

When she became a young lady, things got very toughso she took a job as an 18 wheelertruck driver which would change her music inclination forever…shebecame hooked on country music and ona group called Rascal Flatts forever.

But if wasn’t that easy, Latina, living in the Eastcoast...looked like an impossibility. Soshe pursued a new career as a vocal coach instead. Developing her own sure shot teaching method took her to coach famous artists and artistsfor famous producers like EmilioEstefan, Tommy Mottola and Puff Daddy, to name a few. She was the first vocal coach to work for realitytelevision and is considered one of the best vocal instructors in the Latin music industry giving her theopportunity to take her work from in between four walls to over 30 countriesthrough the silver screen. Jackie hascoached for 11 reality shows to date including segments for the record breakingHispanic television hit variety show, SABADOGIGANTE.

However, Jackie never stopped dreaming aboutNashville. She stole a napkin with Brian G. White’s number on it (Brian has a song on the next Rascal Flatts’album) and called him 2 years later. Brian found the story so peculiar even though Arredondo was not a knowncountry singer, he agreed to produce her. But till today she stills daydream of singing with Rascal Flatts, so Jackiestarted translating Rascal Flatts into Spanish hoping she could make enoughnoise someday that the Hit Band would allow her to sing with them someday andreleased “Come wake me up” inSpanish titled “Despiertame. Now she isfocusing on translating a tribute EP ofRascal Flatts’ greatest hits in Spanish.

One of her career goals is to tour throughout theworld bringing her brand of Country music to fans everywhere and establishingthis magnificent genre for the Latin industry to be named “POP COUNTRY LATINO”.