Drew an haife shi ne kuma ya girma a Stony Brook, New York, inda ta halarci Makarantar Stony Brook. Mahaifiyarta, Dr. Jeannie Drew, yanzu tana koyar da ilmin halitta a wata makaranta mai zaman kanta ga 'yan mata a Manhattan. Mahaifinta, Rev. Charles Drew, shi ne babban fasto a Emmanuel Presbyterian Church a Birnin New York.
Makarantar Stony Brook