Background
Morris-Tatum was born in Milwaukee, and attended West Division High School, Milwaukee Area Technical College, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and Milwaukee Theological Institute. She worked as a mortgage company manager and supervisor, as the director of the Milwaukee Coalition Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse and as the executive director of the Midtown Neighborhood Association, before being elected to the Wisconsin Assembly's 11th district in 1992.
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