 Danquah moved to the United States at six years of age to live with her mother, who had migrated there three years earlier to attend Howard University.Her parents divorced six years later, separating when Danquah was aged 11.While attending Foxcroft, an all-girls’ boarding school located in Middleburg, Virginia, Danquah decided to change her name from Mildred Brobby to Meri Danquah.