[1] King spent eight years in the neo-Nazi skinhead movement before she was arrested, convicted and sentenced to prison for her part in an armed robbery of a Jewish-owned store.
She was raised in a strict conservative family, attended a private Baptist school and Catholic Church services each week.
[4] When King was still young her parents divorced; she and her sister lived with their mother, while her brother moved in with her father.
At the suggestion of her probation officer, she began speaking publicly about her experiences, and attained a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Central Florida.
[1] In 2011, she helped co-found Life After Hate and is currently the organization's Director of Innovation & Special Projects.