Ku sii qor faqradan - Parks wuxuu ku dhashay New Jersey laakiin wuxuu ku koray Ridgefield, Connecticut, halkaas oo uu ka soo qaybgalay Dugsiga Sare ee Ridgefield. Wuxuu markii ugu horreysay si xirfad leh ugu bilaabay inuu u qoro wargeyska magaaladiisa, The Ridgefield Press, isagoo 14 jir ah, isagoo daboolaya isboortiga dugsiga sare. Wuxuu ka qeybgalay Dartmouth College, wuxuu aasaasay wargeyskiisa, The Sports Weekly (oo hadda la baabi'iyay) wuxuuna la heestay Dodecaphonics, koox cappella ah. Intii uu arday ahaa, wuxuu u shaqeeyay sida wargeys ee The New York Times iyo sidii intern ah ee The Boston Globe. Kadib markii uu ka qalin jabiyay Phi Beta Kappa Dartmouth sanadkii 1996, wuxuu ku tababaray The Washington Post, waxaana ugu dambeyntii loo shaqaaleysiiyay waqtigiisa oo dhan wargeyska, kaas oo u xilsaaray xafiis ku yaal Manassas, Virginia. Sannadkii 1998, wuxuu u wareegay The Star-Ledger wuxuuna bilaabay inuu u shaqeeyo sidii qoraa isboorti oo ka kooban, markii dambena, qoraa wararka. Sanadkii 2007, Crossroads, oo ah afar qaybood oo taxane ah oo ku saabsan rabshadihii Newark 1967
wuxuu ku guuleystay abaalmarinta ugu sareysa ururka saxaafada ee New Jersey ee warbixinta ganacsiga. Hadda wuxuu ku noolyahay Virginia isaga iyo xaaskiisa iyo laba caruur ah oo yaryar.