Delores Oates was born in Front Royal, Virginia, and lives in Warren County. Oates graduated from Warren County High School.[1] Oates earned an A.A.S. in liberal studies from Lord Fairfax Community College in 1986 and a B.A. in government from Regent University in 2017. Her career experience includes working as a vice president at Foxhound Federal and a senior technical recruiter at Akima, LLC.