[1] She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and resides in Los Angeles, California.

Bush studied philosophy at North Carolina A&T State University.

[4][5] Sharon Crews (as she was then known) later anchored news and weather at CBS and NBC network affiliates[6] in North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, before becoming an Atlanta, Georgia, correspondent and executive producer for Black Entertainment Television.

[7] Bush worked as a morning news anchor at WGHP-TV, the then-ABC affiliate in High Point, North Carolina.

[4] She was an executive producer of the 1985 National Blues Music Awards.