I was born in San Diego and have lived in Ramona, a small quiet town in San Diego, all my life. I have an older sister and an older brother who influenced me a lot when I was younger. I rode skateboards, BMX bikes and three-wheelers. o­ne incident, my brother got me to jump off a ramp going down hill o­n my bike I just got. I was quite the tomboy then.

At my early childhood, a tragic incident occurred unexpectedly. My dad passed away with cancer. That left my mom to take care of my brother, sister and me all by herself. Things went well throughout my elementary school years. I was very young so I didn't take the lost of my dad deeply as I have endured today. During my eight-grade year, trouble came to my family and we were forced from our house. I went to live with long time family-friends. I moved around to about seven places before I ended back with those family-friends and I've been there ever since. I am very grateful for their love and support.

Ever since I was a young girl, I wanted to be like o­ne of those models wearing pretty wedding dresses o­n the cover of Bride magazine. When I was thirteen, I entered a contest in Seventeen Magazine but was unsuccessful. After that, I decided to focus more o­n school. During my high school years, I was very academically involved: Associated Student Body (ASB) Elections Commissioner, Student Senate, Vice President of the Science Club, and I was a Fusion Leader. But of course I needed something fun that was school oriented too, so I tried out for the Song Squad during my sophomore year. It's kind of like cheer leading and synchronize dancing mixed together. I was o­n the Squad for two years and selected to Captain during my junior year. I won the princess titles for both the Winterball and Homecoming dances.

My senior year I met my boyfriend, who introduced me to the Truckin' and Import scenes. I started going to the shows with him and Team Synergy. Throughout that year, I received a few offers with some import sites but turned them down because of their terms and conditions. The next year I got my first car and with the help of my boyfriend, I began modifying it. o­ne of our friends told us about a local performance shop, The Hook Up Shop, and we started getting my parts there. We got to know the owner, Tom Ngo, and he brought up the import model scene and asked if I was interested in becoming an import model. I thought this would be a great way to meet people. So I took his offer to model for his famous silver '95 Mazda RX-7 and represent The Hook-Up Shop at all the import car shows.

And that brings me up to date. I am very excited about my upcoming first year and am extremely thankful for this huge opportunity Tom has given me.

One Year Later...

It's now a year later and I am so happy with what I have accomplished. I would have never thought I would be o­n magazines, DVD's, gain a fan base, be on TV, or travel all over the place. I'd also like to point out what's even more important to me, is that I stuck to my morals, and feel I have proved to the nay sayers you do not need to take off your clothes, or do anything your not comfortable with, to succeed in modeling. All of this has been a wonderful experience and I want to thank everyone who has helped get me here. I can't wait to see what else lies ahead...