I'm the youngest of four kids, with three crazy older brothers. Don't let this hair and face fool you - my brothers helped mold me into the feisty, tough woman I am today. I don't stoop down to anyone. I was raised playing football and being the punching bag for my brothers. I guess you could say that is the root of my aggression and athleticism.
I was raised in an Italian-American family in the suburbs of Westchester County, just a little north of New York City.
My brothers nicknamed me 'Hamburgers.'
I went through all the rigorous training and dieting for my bikini training, but I also want to enjoy life.
I didn't come from a wrestling background, but I'm just as passionate about this even though my path to get here was different than most.
I'm always in front of the camera, always traveling and getting out of airports and skincare is very important to me.
I was studying speech-language pathology at Iona College and I got my bachelor's degree there.
The reason I fell in love with fitness was because of the way I felt after a workout, even looking in the mirror afterward and feeling good about myself.
Clearly, NXT has been blessed with amazing, one-of-a-kind athletes. Our talent have great figures, they're charismatic and beautiful in their own way. However, I am the total package.
I have the body, the face, the athleticism, the strength, the personality and the star quality. I have it all.
Reality TV has its perks and has given me a ton of exposure, not only in WWE, but also in mainstream media.
Performing for live audiences and seeing the fans' faces is a thrill like no other.
I trained my butt off and competed and got to where I wanted to be from rigorous training and dieting.
Once I started training at the Performance Center, getting in the groove of the schedule, and really getting used to that, I really loved it because I'm big with routine.
Ever since 'Tough Enough,' and getting put on 'Total Divas' right away, it was kind of like I never stopped. I was like, 'Okay, now I need to get to the Performance Center.' I needed to train and get the wrestling down.
I feel like, yeah, why not do inter-gender matches? It brings entertainment. It brings a lot of different viewers and demographics and all that, so why not do it?
Why not mesh the brands more? I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
The meshing of the brands is great. I think it brings excitement. It brings anticipation of not knowing who's going to be on 'Monday Night Raw' or on 'Tuesday Night SmackDown' so I think it's really awesome.
When you get to the main roster it changes a little bit because you're more on your own, you fit in your training when you can, but it's hard.
You land Saturday to get to the live event, I go right to the gym, work out, then we have to be at the venue at 5 P.M. for a 7:30 P.M. show. Then you drive to the next city which might be three or four hours away and you do it all over again.
