Jill Stein - Early Life and Education

Early Life and Education

Dr. Jill Stein was born in Chicago and raised in Highland Park, Illinois. She is Jewish and her family attended Chicago's North Shore Congregation Israel, a Reform synagogue.

In the 1970s, Stein studied psychology, sociology, and anthropology at Harvard University, earning her undergraduate degree. She attended Harvard Medical School, graduating in 1979.

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