Born and raised in California.  She received her Associate of Arts degree in dance in junior college at College of the Sequoias in Visalia, CA.  From junior college she went on to CSU Bakersfield and majored in Child Adolescents and Family Studies and minored in theatre, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree.  At CSUB she was very involved with her sorority, Kappa Delta Nu.  She has a Masters in Early Childhood Education from Grand Canyon University. She is a Chief Executive Officer and Studio Director of a 501(C)3 Nonprofit that she founded called Diamonds Cheer & Dance Company.