Name/Title
Jacqueline Cross - “Lonely Scene” - On Lok PeraltaDescription
Jackie likes cities. She was born in Philadelphia, the oldest of three girls, and moved to New York when she was seven. She later returned to Philadelphia, where she finished high school, and eventually moved again, this time to Atlantic City “to get away from home.”
She’s had an adventurous life. Married three times, Jackie is a mother of three daughters and three sons. She worked a number of jobs to help support her family, including as a cashier, waitress, and short-order cook.
Fifteen years ago she ventured out again, this time moving to California by herself at the age of 55. Jackie first lived in West Oakland and then three years ago came to the Cottonwood Apartments in Fremont, located right next to the On Lok Center.
It’s there that she started her newest adventure: taking up brushes and painting twice a week. Her favorite medium is watercolor and Jackie, whose mother is still going strong at 88, looks forward to many years of creating art.
