Jailah Pettis

Jailah Pettis was born in Gastonia, North Carolina and raised in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice & Charlotte Pettis. Jailah has two older sisters and is the youngest of three. Jailah graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in December of 2020. She obtained a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Communication Studies and a minor in Radio. During Jailah’s undergraduate studies; she was a member of the ACE Club for student activities, a part of the Spartan G’s Dance Team, and a member of the Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honors Society. In 2019, she competed in the Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant promoting her Social Impact Initiative, “Strength in a Crisis: Advocating for Sickle Cell Disease Awareness”.

Jailah is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Broadcast and Digital Journalism on the Sports Media and Communications Track from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Jailah aspires to become a sports anchor, or a sideline reporter for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In her free time, she enjoys yoga, working out, watching Netflix, going to the beach, and spending time with family.