As an only child, Stephanie Anderson grew up with a large, close-knit, extended family in Pin Point, Georgia—a small Gullah Geechee community founded in 1896, eleven miles southeast of Savannah, in Chatham County. Ms. Anderson was raised and influenced by several strong, independent women. One of those women was her mother, who was a nurse and loved helping people in the community. Just like her mother, Ms. Anderson loved helping people; however, because of her fear of needles and blood, she became a teacher instead.