Levy Armstrong was born on June 27, 1976, in Jackson, Mississippi, the eldest sister of five.[1][2] She moved to South Central Los Angeles after spending the first eight years of her life in Mississippi, and at fourteen years old was accepted to attend the Brooks School of North Andover, Massachusetts, as a boarding student.[3][4][5] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law.[6] Levy Armstrong lived in Los Angeles until 2003 when she moved to the U.S. state of Minnesota.[7]