Complex sentence: After graduating high school, Polk attended Mills College and San Francisco State University before, in 1982, wedding Dr. Polk, who was then an instructor at the American Schools of Professional Psychology and an occasional consultant as well as a private practitioner.
Split into simpler sentences: After graduating high school, Polk attended Mills College and San Francisco State University before that. In 1982, she married Dr. Polk, who was then an instructor at the American Schools of Professional Psychology and an occasional consultant as well as a private practitioner.