Raised in Plano, Texas, Candice continued her childhood dream of becoming an actress by attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas where she graduated Summa Laude with a B.F.A in Theatre. It was here that she was scouted by The Young and the Restless for a CBS Soap Star Contest and flew out to Los Angeles to briefly join the cast. Candice finished her college education at SMU and moved to Los Angeles shortly after.
The story of an icon whose dreams began with doing stage & musical plays, became a megastar in the 1990s, portrayed the Marvel character Blade, suffered financial troubles and made a resurgence in the mid 2010s
