Hillary Jacobson is an alumni of Uvalde High School, Class of 2006. She continued her educational path at McMurry University, where she competed as a collegiate athlete in swimming. In May of 2010, Jacobson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies. 
Jacobson has been an ELAR teacher at UHS since 2019 and a sponsor for the UHS Hi-Steppers since 2020.
Jacobson enjoys spending time with her son, fishing, swimming, hunting, reading, writing and Harry Potter.

Some of her favorite quotes:

"Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself." - Luna Lovegood
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, the most inexhaustible form of magic we have capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it." - Albus Dumbledore