Early Life and Education
Fern was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and spent her childhood and school-age years in Fairfax County, Virginia, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and Dallas, Texas. Fern graduated from Lakeview High School in Garland, Texas.
In 1990, she earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Texas where she was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha honor society. While in college, she worked as a reporter and editor on the school's newspaper, the North Texas Daily. Also during college, she worked for the Denton Record-Chronicle, first in the press shop, then as a sports stringer covering Denton County high school football and as a freelance lifestyles writer.
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