She grew up in Silicon Valley, California, at the turn of the millennium when innovations in technology exploded. Within her neighborhood, the best fashion accessory was a perfect grade point average (not a pair of chic glasses, surprise!), which she had for ten minutes. She left California to "enjoy" her college years in the freeeezing Upstate New York - drawing diagrams, solving differential equations, and looking into a microscope while wearing a hazmat suit. Those caffeinated all-nighters propelled her straight to Seattle - the capital of coffee - and a job on manufacturing plants. She made aeronautical and defense parts that she can’t really talk about.

Life was decent, but it felt too normal. So at the rebellious age of early 20s, she decided to be adventurous for once and kissed high tech goodbye. Her parents were mortified.

She chose the most unfamiliar path that she knew to be real at the time: Wall Street (according to her upbringing, careers outside of engineering, medicine and law don't actually exist). In one of the top investment banks in New York City, she worked on deals worth millions and millions of dollars everyday. At the time, she had no idea about anything related to business or the economy. She credits her curiosity and the ability to pick up anything quickly for her success (but really, she credits MATH, her first love... ;-). There, while working among young individuals looking to become her generation's foremost leaders and influencers, she realized her nerdy/geeky aura was holding her back - she was shy and had no clue about how to interact with anyone. She was eager to improve her social skills from zero, so she began to study acting and comedy improv.

She eventually landed lead roles in Off-Broadway plays and fashion commercials. Hopelessly, she fell in love with the limelights, really hopelessly. One day, she walked into another audition thinking it was for a role in a Hollywood romantic comedy. It wasn't. They were looking for a “lifestyle show host" instead. She didn’t know what that meant, so she asked, “what is a host supposed to do?”

She then gave it a try, and the rest is history.