- Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University
- Juris Doctor – 1981 (Law Review)
- UNC-CH, BA
- English and Political Science – 1978 (Kappa Delta Sorority, scholarship award recipient)
- Peace College
- Associate of Arts (The Outstanding Graduate of 1976, Miss Peace 1976)
- Dunn High School, Dunn, NC – 1974