Producer Jackie Hunt Christensen became a Parkinson's disease activist when she was diagnosed with the disease in 1998.  She has published two guide books on the disease, The First Year---Parkinson's Disease: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (2005) and Life With a Battery-Operated Brain: A Patient's Guide to Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson's Disease (2009). She presented a poster, “‘Do I LOOK Like I Care?’ Parkinson’s disease and its potential effects on relationships,” based on data from online surveys completed by 299 people with Parkinson’s and care partners, at the 3rd World Parkinson’s Congress in Montréal, Canada, in October, 2013. 

At the time she was diagnosed at 34, Jackie was Co-Director of the Food and Health program at the Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as a co-founder and Co-Director of Health Care Without Harm (HCWH): The Campaign for Environmentally Responsible Health Care. She continued working for both organizations until June 2004, when, at age 40, her PD symptoms forced her to leave her jobs and apply for disability benefits.

Jackie has presented at numerous conferences around the country and internationally as both an environmental health activist and Parkinson’s disease activist.  Come Talk To ME is her first film.