Breonna Taylor

Biography

Breonna Taylor, one of the most prominent victims of police violence and misconduct in 2020, was born on June 5, 1993 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was raised by her mother Tamika Palmer and her boyfriend Trory Herrod in Louisville, Kentucky. Taylor she attended local schools and graduated from Western High School, in Louisville in 2011. Taylor briefly attended the University of Kentucky, and then became an Emergency Medical Technician for the city of Louisville. She worked for Jewish East Medical Center as a full time Emergency Room Technician (ERT) and a Practicing Registered Nurse (PRN) fo…