Sydney Hightower

Biography

Born March 30, 1995, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Sydney Nicole Hightower grew up in a biracial household as the daughter of a White mother and a Black and Dominican father. She experienced racism firsthand growing up in the South, including having her family's home vandalized and other unfortunate incidents. Hightower graduated from Tuscaloosa County High School in 2013 alongside future Bachelorette Hannah Brown, and both attended the University of Alabama, where Sydney earned a degree in Biology. …