Born on February 21, 1944 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Paula then moved with her family to Pekin, Illinois, a rural community in central Illinois. She attended school in the Pekin school system from kindergarten through 10th grade and then moved to Berkeley, Illinois, near Chicago, with her family. She graduated in 1962 from Proviso West High School in Hillside, Illinois.
Paula attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1966. She taught high school English in Decatur for one year before returning to school in 1967 to pursue a master's degree from Indiana University. After her graduation in 1969, Paula decided to pursue a law degree. So she moved to Indianapolis and taught high school English by day at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis while attending night law school at Indiana University Law School-Indianapolis.
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