Stacey Y. Abrams was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Gulfport, Mississippi. When her parents moved to Atlanta, Stacey and her younger siblings attended DeKalb County Schools, with her graduating from Avondale High School. Stacey received degrees from Spelman College (Magna Cum Laude), the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas and Yale Law School. An award-winning author of several books, she is co-founder of NOW Account. A former Georgia State Legislator for a decade, she also produced the documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy. She has received the NAACP Image Award for Social Justice Impact and she is recognized around the world for being smart, intuitive, strategic, methodical, and focused.
