Jamia graduated cum laude from Loyola University  New Orleans College of Law, where she earned her J.D. and a Certificate in Law,  Technology and Entrepreneurship. While in law school, she was inducted as a  member of the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society, participated in  the Technology and Legal Innovation Clinic, and completed a comparative law  study abroad program in Vienna. Jamia also attended Loyola University New  Orleans for undergraduate school. She is originally from Memphis, Tennessee.