Early Life
Church was born in Texarkana, Texas. She was the seventh of eight children in a farming family.
She attended Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, where she majored in biology. After her mother's death, a wealthy uncle invited her to move into his house in Los Angeles. She transferred to the University of Southern California, where she received a master's degree in education. Church is of African American descent.
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