As the daughter of a guitarist and a record collector, she was brought up surrounded by music. After going to her first rave and hearing a Josh Wink set, she started buying vinyls with intent to DJ. When she moved from Texas to New York in 2001, she spent her days working at an East Village record store while her nights were spent in the then-emerging new disco and house scenes. NYC dive bars are where she both trained herself as a DJ and captured the spirit of an era that will always be remembered as enchanting and vibrant.