Ltd. Oakland, CA Granddaughter of a runaway slave, Ruth Love was raised in Bakersfiield, California, and earned degrees from San Jose State and San Francisco State. She received her Ph.D. from the United States International University in San Diego and has taught in many areas.
Love also is a former school superintendent of public schools in Chicago and Oakland, California.
Later, deciding to go into business, she began working with troubled school districts, and also became publisher of nine weekly newspapers as well as a monthly newspaper.