Early Years
Born in West Islip, New York and raised in Manasquan, New Jersey, Burke is the youngest of eight children. She started playing basketball in the second grade. She attended Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, where she earned a bachelor's degree in health service administration/social work and later a master's in Education. Burke was a member of the women's basketball team, and was named the College's Female Athlete of the Year, and was the fifth woman inducted into the Providence College Hall of Fame.
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