Alonzo was born in Hidalgo, Texas, the youngest daughter (of four children) to mother Natalia Gonzalez, who worked double shifts at a Mexican restaurant for about 20 years,[5] and father Adalberto Alonzo.[1] When Alonzo's mother was pregnant with Alonzo, Alonzo's mother left her abusive husband and raised the four children alone.[2] Alonzo said she never met her father, who died in 2009.[6] Alonzo grew up in the U.S. town that happens to be close to the border of Mexico San Juan, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley.[7]