Early Life, Education, and Nursing Career
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Black graduated from Andover High School in Linthicum, Maryland, in 1969. She then graduated from Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland with an associate's degree in nursing in 1971. In 1985 she moved to Tennessee to attend Belmont University. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in nursing in 1991 and worked as a Registered Nurse until 1998 when she decided to run for the Tennessee House of Representatives. Later she has also served as an educator at Volunteer State Community College. She lives with her husband Dave in Gallatin, Tennessee, the seat of a neighboring county of Metro Nashville. Her net worth is almost $29 million because of her husband's stake in Aegis Sciences Corp.
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