Skipped a year of high school, taking both her junior year of honors English and her senior year of AP English at the same time. She graduated high school at the age of 16.
Grew up in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
Attended Martin Luther King Junior Magnet High School for Health, Sciences, and Engineering in Nashville, Tennessee.
Earned a Bachelor of Arts Theatre Degree from the University of
Southern California after spending a year in the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program at the
California Institute of the Arts.