A “military brat,” Jerell comes from Moreno Valley, CA, Yokota USAFB, Japan, and Dayton, Ohio. He grew up in the MTV late 90’s early 2000’s generation, where he finds inspiration and influence from the days when P.Diddy was still Puff Daddy, Britney lip-synced and nobody cared, and everyone danced like it’s 1999 with no shame whatsoever. A transfer from Cal State Fullerton, Jerell was the co-coordinator of Friendship Games 2010, the 25th Anniversary—the largest student-run Filipino-American event in the nation. Jerell was also a proud former dancer and executive director of the Infinite PASAbilities Hip-Hop dance team which led to the inspiration to his UCLA undergraduate thesis film—a dance comedy—”Born to Dance this Way.”