Andrea Yates was born in Hallsville Texas in 1964. She started to show signs of depression at age 17. She graduated from high school in 1982 as class valedictorian,  captain of the swim team, and an officer in the National Honor Society. She went on to get her nursing degree from the University of Texas and then worked as a nurse until she married Rusty Yates on April 17, 1993.

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