Sharon Marie Nealy Arin, was born August 26, 1964 to Hollis Nealy, Sr and Ada Lee Curtis Nealy in Victoria, Texas. She accepted Christ at the young age of seven at the Bryant Chapel Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Samuel Sanders. She went on to receive her formal education in the San Antonio Independent School District attending Booker T. Washington Elementary, Emerson Middle School and Fox Tech High School.