Hetti-Marie Jacobs

Born in Toronto to immigrant parents from Antigua and Ghana, Hetti-Marie grew up in public housing in a single-parent home where faith, hard work, and education shaped her future. A natural singer from childhood, she found her first stages in church and school while excelling academically.

Though she pursued stability through degrees in French Studies and Education and built a teaching career, music never left her. After becoming a Top 48 finalist on Canadian Idol and releasing albums in Nashville, she toured across North America before returning to Toronto as a single mother, later rising to Vice Principal and earning a Master’s in Educational Leadership.

Now a wife, mother of five, educator, and artist, HM continues to write and record. Her latest single, Freedom, is a soulful anthem about faith, courage, and the strength it takes to let go and step into who you are meant to be.

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February 9, 2026

Hetti-Marie joins us to share her powerful journey of resilience and how her experiences shaped her bold new book, Get Serious & Other Principles to Pull You Through. In this inspiring conversation, she also opens up about her latest song “Freedom” and encourages viewers to live with intention and trust that God is truly for them, even through life’s struggles.

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