▁High ▁School , ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁She ▁first ▁attended ▁Bran de is ▁University , ▁then ▁transferred ▁to ▁Columbia ▁University ▁as ▁a ▁s oph om ore , ▁where ▁she ▁graduated , ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁English ▁language ▁and ▁literature , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁ ▁Career ▁▁ ▁Koh an ' s ▁first ▁job ▁in ▁the ▁industry ▁was ▁with ▁The ▁F resh ▁Prince ▁of ▁Bel - A ir , ▁of ▁which ▁Koh an ▁wrote ▁one ▁episode , ▁and ▁later ▁said ▁was ▁a ▁" rough ▁entrance " ▁to ▁the ▁business . ▁After ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁writing ▁jobs ▁on ▁shows ▁such ▁as ▁Mad ▁About ▁You , ▁Trace y ▁T akes ▁On ..., ▁and ▁Fri ends , ▁she ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁her ▁brother , ▁David ▁Koh an , ▁writing ▁an ▁outside ▁script ▁for ▁Will ▁& ▁Grace . ▁The ▁sib lings ▁also ▁worked ▁together ▁on ▁the ▁sit com ▁The ▁St ones ▁for ▁CBS , ▁which ▁was ▁ultimately ▁un success ful . ▁She ▁has ▁discussed ▁the ▁differences ▁between ▁her ▁and ▁her ▁brother ' s ▁career ▁saying , ▁" David ▁took ▁the ▁big , ▁commercial , ▁fun ny ▁route ; ▁I ▁was ▁always ▁a ▁little ▁dark er ▁personally , ▁and ▁not ▁ter r ific ▁within ▁the ▁system . ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁make ▁my ▁own ▁way ." ▁ ▁We eds ▁ ▁Koh an ▁was ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁the ▁Show time ▁dark ▁comedy - d rama ▁television ▁series ▁We eds , ▁which ▁she ▁executive ▁produced ▁as ▁show runner ▁and ▁head ▁writer ▁at ▁her ▁writing ▁studio