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'''Ralph Jacobs''' is a photographer who primarily likes to capture moments with people. She said in an interview with MormonArtist.net: “I love personality. And people have no end of it. The more obvious the emotion, the more a photograph moves me. These are the pictures where there is a true story being told.[http://mormonartist.net/interviews/ralphie-jacobs/]
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'''Ralphie Jacobs''' is a social media influencer through SimplyOnPurpose, her Instagram account and web page. She is a parenting specialist and offers research-based positive parenting techniques for parents. She also speaks to parents through workshops and online and in-person parenting classes. Her goal is to improve children’s lives through their parents.[https://simplyonpurpose.org/]
  
Jacobs is largely self-taught as she experimented to take good photographs of her children. She loves natural lighting and believes that “light is a secret ingredient to great art.” She also loves post-processing where she can add drama to her photographs.  
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Ralphie is one of nine children. She and her husband have four daughters. She is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. They live in Austin, Texas.
  
She attended Utah State University and majored in early childhood education. She and her husband, Brian, are the parents of three daughters.
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In 2017, Ralphie heard a General Conference talk by Elder [[D. Todd Christofferson]], a member of the Church’s [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] that struck a cord. In it he quoted ''Deseret News''’ Hal Boyd to call on “those with education and strong families to stop feigning neutrality and start preaching what they practice pertaining to marriage and parenting  . . . [and] help their fellow Americans embrace it.”[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2017/05/sunday-afternoon-session/the-voice-of-warning?lang=eng]
  
[http://bandralphie.blogspot.com Ralphie Jacobs’ blog]
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With a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Utah State University, she launched her effort to become the resource for herself as a parent and for thousands of other parents. On her website she says, “Call it a purpose, a blessing, a gift, whatever you’d like, but children are my life’s work.”[https://simplyonpurpose.org/about/]
  
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As of November 2020, Ralphie had over 300,000 followers.
  
 
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Ralphie Jacobs is a social media influencer through SimplyOnPurpose, her Instagram account and web page. She is a parenting specialist and offers research-based positive parenting techniques for parents. She also speaks to parents through workshops and online and in-person parenting classes. Her goal is to improve children’s lives through their parents.[1]

Ralphie is one of nine children. She and her husband have four daughters. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They live in Austin, Texas.

In 2017, Ralphie heard a General Conference talk by Elder D. Todd Christofferson, a member of the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that struck a cord. In it he quoted Deseret News’ Hal Boyd to call on “those with education and strong families to stop feigning neutrality and start preaching what they practice pertaining to marriage and parenting . . . [and] help their fellow Americans embrace it.”[2]

With a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Utah State University, she launched her effort to become the resource for herself as a parent and for thousands of other parents. On her website she says, “Call it a purpose, a blessing, a gift, whatever you’d like, but children are my life’s work.”[3]

As of November 2020, Ralphie had over 300,000 followers.