A native of Shelby, N.C., she graduated from Shelby High School, where she earned all-state honors and was her team's MVP all four years…at UNC, she completed a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1999…in addition to playing professional basketball, she has interned in the Charlotte Sting offices and has worked for U.S. Sports Management, Inc…she is the niece of basketball Hall of Fame inductee David Thompson...she has four brothers, Chad, Brian, Bernard and Ulysses III...she plays the piano and once sang the national anthem at a San Jose Lasers game...she speaks some Italian and Spanish...if she weren't playing basketball she would be trying to break into modeling or the music industry...since 2001, she has served as an assistant coach at her alma mater...she was previously known by her married name of Charlotte Smith-Taylor.