Thea Megan Trinidad was born and raised in Queens, NY to Monique and Michael Angel Trinidad on December 27, 1990. As a child Thea religiously watched wrestling with her father and younger brother Timothy. Although her interest was primarily wrestling, Thea also enjoyed swimming and playing baseball with her grandfather Jose Padilla. On September 11, 2001 Thea's father Michael Angel Trinidad was tragically killed by the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center where he worked for the firm Cantor Fitzgerald as a Telecom Analyst. Thea was 10 years old.
The family then moved to Centereach, Long Island where Thea trained as a dancer, singer and actress. She participated in dance classes such as ballet, jazz, hip-hop, step, belly dancing and Zumba. In high school, Thea competed in step competitions and won 2nd place both years. Thea took acting classes as well as worked with a vocal coach while she sang in her school’s chorus group.
During the summer Thea attended Camp Haze as a counselor, a camp for children that lost a parent on 9/11. She shared with her fellow campers her desire to be in the ring. Thea also participated in charitable causes such as Habitat for Humanity after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans with Tuesday's Children. Making sandwiches for poor through her church and participated in a charity Zumba class for breast cancer research as well as visit military troops in Colorado Springs.
Thea expanded her training to wrestling at the age of 17 and trained with pr…