Complex sentence: DuVernay was born in Long Beach, California, to mother Darlene Maye, an educator, and Murray Maye, a businessman, is from Hayneville, Alabama, a small town between Montgomery and Selma.
Split into simpler sentences: DuVernay was born in Long Beach, California, to mother Darlene Maye, an educator. DuVernay's father, Murray Maye, a businessman, is from Hayneville, Alabama, a small town between Montgomery and Selma.