About Chachi Gonzales

Chachi ♫ LIFE AND CAREER

Olivia Irene "Chachi" Gonzales was born in Houston, Texas. She is of Hispanic descent. At the age of 6, Gonzales enrolled at a local dance studio and was trained as a ballet dancer. Three years later at the age of 9, she witnessed for the first time a hip hop dance crew at a dance event she attended. Coincidentally, one of the crews there was Marvelous Motion, whose members (Phillip Chbeeb, Di Zhang and Brandon Harrell) were to become her fellow crew members in I.aM.mE, the dance crew she later joined. Upon learning of this new dance style, Gonzales became instantly hooked and decided to take up hip hop dancing from then on. She then enrolled at a middle school where hip hop was one of the styles taught. Very shy at first, months of hard training passed with Gonzales honing and developing her skills, when she was eventually asked by her dance instructor impressed and with so much confidence in Gonzales to lead the group she was being taught in. Shortly after, her mother located the Marvelous Motion Studios and enrolled her in a few classes. From then on, Gonzales continued to dance as much as possible almost everyday, thus becoming a true passion.

In 2010, after the disbandment of Marvelous Motion, the three members Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb, Di "Moon" Zhang and Brandon "747" Harrell held an audition to create a brand new crew. Added to the lineup were the three new members Olivia "Chachi" Gonzales, Emilio "Millie" Dosal, and Jana "Jaja" Vaňková, forming I.aM.mE, in preparation for America's Best Dance Crew: Season of the Superstars. Gonzales is the youngest member of I.aM.mE.