Jackie Goldston graduated from Chapman University in Orange, CA, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. While at Chapman, she held an acting and crew position on the university's first experimental SAG pilot which starred Mr. Ed Asner.
With the profit from her first national commercial, Jackie founded CATCo Productions, a non-profit community theatre company that produced comedies, dramas, and musicals. During her time as CATCo's Creative Director, she also began a New Playwright's Initiative, a traveling Murder Mystery Troupe, as well as an Old Time Radio Theatre Troupe, all of which encouraged writers and performers of all ages.