Born in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad, to an upper-middle-class family, Jeffers was educated at Tranquillity Girls School and went to England when she was aged 15, later taking a diploma in social science at Alexander College, north London.
Born in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad, to an upper-middle-class family, Jeffers was educated at Tranquillity Girls School and went to England when she was 15, later taking a diploma in social science at Alexander College, north London.