A native of Seattle, HeavyGrinder currently resides in Los Angeles where she is part time student, model and full time DJ. At age thirteen, she began to actively pursue her love of music and being on center stage by taking up vocal training and modeling. After years of traveling and successful model work, she made her way to L.A. in 1998. It was in the City of Angels that she realized her new love, cozying up to the sounds of underground dance music, captivated by the power of the DJ and the reaction of the crowd.