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Earned a Bachelor's degree in Sociology (with a concentration on "Media Representation of Minorities") from UC-Berkeley, where she minored in Theater. She went on to earn a Master's degree from Sarah Lawrence College.

Classically trained dancer. Studied and taught ballet, jazz, and modern dance.

Gave birth to her first child, a girl named Dakota Tao Brooks-Woodside, on September 1, 2009. Child's father is her ex-boyfriend D.B. Woodside.

Was a figure skating competitor and won several trophies when she was younger.

Voulunteers with the Pediatric AIDS Foundation and AIDS Project Los Angeles.

She is a classically trained dancer, both studying and teaching ballet, jazz and modern dance.

Active with actors such as Danny Glover, in the Robey Theater Company.

Her uncle teaches at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California.

Had a cat named Saeku.

Born on exactly the same date as Julie Condra (of "Eerie Indiana" and "The Wonder Years" fame).