Victoria Watkins was born in the Motor City and raised in sunny Southern California. Victoria completed her undergraduate coursework at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and Reading, England, summa cum laude . She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa She graduated cum laude from the Georgia State University College of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Board and interned with the Georgia Council on Aging.