As a long-time financial services industry veteran, Jacklin brings her exuberance and fun-loving spirit to each relationship she builds with individuals, families, and business owners while tending to their most important financial aspirations with determination and diligence. Born in Iran, her father, Abbas, worked as a railroad executive and her mother, Ati, for a government agency, Jacklin and her two siblings learned the importance of independence, community involvement, and taking responsibility for her actions. As a working female, her mother was uncommon during this period in Iran and Jacklin credits her mom’s perseverance and dedication to excellence in her career, while balancing family life, with her belief and ability to do this in her own life. Seeking higher education and the promise of greater opportunity, Jacklin left her homeland just one week prior to the Iranian Revolution that upended her country and shut down all visas to the United States and abroad. With her parent’s encouragement and self-empowered determination, she remained in the United States where she attended Roosevelt University in Chicago and graduated with a degree in industrial engineering. A degree that she felt would be useful upon her return to Iran. While in school, she met, Hamid, and this relationship changed the trajectory of her life. Soon after graduation, Jackie and Hamid, moved to Los Angeles and they were married a year later. With no particular interest in pursuing a career within the area of her degree now that she was firmly rooted in the U.S., she took an entry level position at Columbia Savings in the banking industry where her hard work allowed her to work her way up quickly. Several years later, the couple had their first child, Shaya, and she began seeking opportunities in the financial sector that would allow greater freedom of schedule and opportunity for growth which led her to New England Financial where she gained the independence and control over her time that needed to balance family life and, simultaneously, provided greater opportunity to play an increasingly important role in the financial aspects of her clients’ lives. In 2015, New England Financial became MetLife Premier Client Group and, subsequently, MassMutual Greater Pacific.