Ayotte attended public schools in Nashua, where she was born. 펜실베니아 주립대학교를 우등으로 졸업하고 빌라노바 대학교 법학대학원에서 법학 박사 학위를 취득했습니다. She is married to Joe Daley, a Nashua native who flew combat missions during the Iraq war.