She studied ballet and dance from the age of seven until she was 19 years old.She graduated in 1998 from the Pine Crest School, a Fort Lauderdale private preparatory school. At 19, she joined her college dance team. After being part of the team for a year, she began working as an exotic dancer.

On The Howard Stern Show, she revealed that her father has cerebral palsy and her mother has Fetal alcohol syndrome.