 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hill akaberekerwa muNew Brunswick, New Jersey. Iye muzukuru weHill Plantation muSouth Carolina. Amai vake vakanga vari mudzidzisi uye baba vake vakanga vari mufundisi weEpiscopal. Pazera ramakore maviri, mhuri yaHill yakatamira kuOakland, California, Akaenda kuScipio Jones High School, uko kubudirira kwake mune zvedzidzo kwakamuita kuti awane kudzidza kuti adzidze kuyunivhesiti. Akatanga kudzidza chemistry paLake Forest College muIllinois. Munguva yake paLake Forest, Hill akava mutungamiri wenharaunda yevadzidzi vatema. Akapedza gore rake rokupedzisira paFree University yeBerlin. Mukati menguva yake muGermany, Kuurawa kwaMartin Luther King, Jr.kwakaitika. Pakupedzisira akadzokera kuUnited States ndokuenda kuYunivhesiti yeChicago kunodzidza, uko akapedza Master of Arts in Teaching in chemistry. Pashure pokupedza kudzidziswa kwake somudzidzisi, Hill akashanda somudzidzisi wekemisitiri muChicago Public School system. Hill akatanga kufarira zvikuru basa rokurima, uye akatamira kuYunivhesiti yeArizona kunoshanda kuti awane dhigirii remasters mumakemikari evhu. Akabatana neYunivhesiti yeIllinois kuUrbanaChampaign pakutsvakurudza kwake kwechiremba, kwaakadzidza mune zvekurima uye chemistry yezvakatipoteredza. 