Shantira Jackson

Shantira Jackson is an American writer producer actress and comedian Her writing credits include Busy Tonight The Amber Ruffin Show Saved by the Bell and Big Mouth Jackson was raised in Florida She received her bachelors degree in Media and Communication Studies from Florida State University in 2008 She later moved to Chicago and trained and performed at The Second City She was a member of the improv group 3Peat and cowrote produced and starred in groups Comedy Central web video 3peat The Blackening In 2017 Jackson was a staff writer for the BET sketch series 50 Central that ran for one season She was later a writer on Busy Philipps latenight show Busy Tonight which ran for one season from 2018 to 2019 Jackson was a both a writer and consulting producer for the Saved by the Bell sequel series She also writes for The Amber Ruffin Show and received a 2021 nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for her work