Education
Princeton University. Teachers College.
Princeton University. Teachers College.
Lawrence grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended Teaneck High School, where she took up fencing as a sophomore. Her parents are Pat Lawrence, Teaneck High School"s fencing coach, and Reginald Lawrence, who has been a sports official in New Jersey. In 2002, Lawrence graduated with honors from Princeton University with a double major in political science and African-American studies.
She earned a Master"s degree in English as a Second Language instruction in 2007 from Teachers College, Columbia University.
A member of Princeton"s fencing team, she was selected as an All-American and earned Ivy League honors during all four years of her attendance there.