Mindy Kaling Early Life and Schooling
Mindy Kaling was born Vera Mindy Chokalingam in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She attended Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a private college preparatory school in Cambridge, before enrolling in college.
College Degree and Academic Focus
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in theater from Dartmouth College in 2001. At Dartmouth, she wrote for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern humor magazine and performed in student productions.
How Her Education Shaped Her Career
Kaling has said her theater training and campus media work helped her move into comedy writing and acting. She later created and starred in shows like The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever.
