After graduating from Wellborn High School in 1985, Peggy attended Gadsden State Community College where she earned an Associates Degree before transferring to Jacksonville State University where she graduated in 1990 with a major in Business Management and a minor in Accounting. As a single parent she worked her way through law school. After five years of juggling a full-time job, law school and taking care of her daughter, Peggy graduated with honors from the Birmingham School of Law in 1995.