Jill Scott

Scott was born on April 4 1972 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania She grew up an only child in a North Philadelphia neighborhood raised by her mother Joyce Scott and grandmother She recalls a happy childhood and was very much a loved child Scott was raised as a Jehovahs Witness After graduating the Philadelphia High School for Girls Scott attended Temple University While working two jobs she studied secondary education She planned to become a high school English teacher However after three years of study and then serving as a teachers aide Scott became disillusioned with a teaching career and she dropped out of college