Stella Adams was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina, but grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a product of the Baltimore public school system, having graduated from Carver Vocational Technical High School as a business major. Despite the vocational training, Stella decided to go to college, and matriculated at Morgan State University (Morgan State College at the time) where she majored in history. Upon graduation, though she had planned to teach high school social studies, the Federal Government presented a more attractive offer. Stella worked for the Federal Government in a number of analyti...