Photojournalist Acacia Clark is a native of Chicago, Ill., but has spent most of her life in Jackson, Miss. A graduate of Murrah High School, she freelances as a photojournalist and writer with the Mississippi Free Press, as well as  the Jackson Free Press. Some things that bring her joy include teaching and performing music, photography, food (cooking and restaurant exploring), watching sci-fi/thriller movies, and doing volunteer work with the deaf and hard of hearing.

See Acacia’s Mississippi Free Press stories here and many of her MFP photographs with Aliyah Veal’s stories, including the reporting teams’s tour of the Mississippi’s Blues Trail.