Personal Life
She is a trained journalist with a degree from University of South Florida, Tampa. During her wrestling training period, she was editor of the Black News after infiltrating a KKK rally on freelance assignment. She became a professional wrestler in order to write a topic for her thesis paper, which was a requirement for obtaining her master's degree. Maxine retired from professional wrestling in 1986 to return to the field of journalism.
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