Ms. Batiste graduated from Oakwood University with a B.A. in Communication, concentrating in Public Relations and a minor in Business Management. She then went on to receive her Juris Doctor from The University of Alabama School of Law. While there, she served as the President of the Labor and Employment Law Society and as a University of Alabama Law School Ambassador. Ms. Batiste was also an active member of the Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society, Public Interest Student Board, and Black Law Student’s Association. Additionally, she competed as a member of the University of Alabama Law School’s Frederick Douglas Moot Court Competition team where she won best respondent brief. While attending The University of Alabama School of Law, Ms. Batiste had a legal clerkship with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its Los Angeles District office.