I whanau a Brockovich ko Erin Pattee i Lawrence, Kansas, te tamahine a Betty Jo (i whanau a O'Neal; c. 1923<unk>2008), he kairipoata, me Frank Pattee (1924<unk>2011), he kaipūkaha ahumahi me te kaitakaro whutupaoro. E rua ona tuakana, ko Frank Jr. me Thomas (1954<unk>1992), me tetahi tuahine, ko Jodie. I puta ia i te Kura Tuarua o Lawrence, ka tae atu ki te Whare Wananga o Kansas State, i Manhattan, Kansas, ka puta ki te Associate in Applied Arts Degree mai i Wade College i Dallas, Texas. I mahi ia hei kaiwhakaako whakahaere mo Kmart i te 1981 engari i muri i etahi marama ka uru ki tetahi whakataetae ataahua. I wini ia i a Miss Pacific Coast i te 1981 ka wehe i te whakataetae ataahua i muri i te wikitoria. Kua noho ia ki California mai i te 1982.
Ko Erin Pattee