She received her B.S. from Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. She earned her M.S. in molecular biology and a Ph.D. in developmental biochemistry from Atlanta University. She currently serves as the vice president of the National Institute of Science (NIS). She has been a member of NIS since 1987, and also served as NIS's archivist. Dr. Broadway studies the identification and localization of contractile proteins in pre-implanted and implanted rabbit embryos.