Chanté Parsons was born and raised in Redlands, CA and moved to Los Angeles to attend college at Loyola Marymount University. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and minors in Women’s Studies and Peace Studies. She was also an active member of Marians Service Organization and Delta Zeta Sorority. Chanté currently attends Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. She is involved in the Women’s Law Association as well as the Black Law Student’s Association.

Chanté has varied law clerk experience in the fields of eminent domain, employment law and alternative dispute resolution. However, she is particularly interested in women’s rights and was the president of Marians, a feminist service organization, in college. While in law school she has also worked at the California Women’s Rights Center and volunteered at the Santa Monica Domestic Violence Clinic.