She was an active member of the Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity at the University of Rhode Island.
She studied Entrepreneurial Management & Public Relations at the University of Rhode Island.
She is 1 of 4 sisters, two of which live in Germany.
Prior to working in the entertainment industry full-time, she worked as the executive assistant to the German pioneer of E-commerce, Stephan Schambach, in Boston & Berlin.
She is of Filipina, German, Polish, Russian, & Irish descent.
She was born in Rhode Island, U.S.A. to a & Filipina-American mother & Swiss-American father.
She spent several years of her childhood on the Pacific Island of Guam, U.S.A., where she was exposed to a fusion of Japanese & American culture.