Cristina Nicole Lizzul was born on March 8, 1995, in the town of Vista in San Diego County, California. She lived on the beach in the town of Oceanside, near U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, with her mom, an Italian citizen from Naples, and her dad, a USMC officer born in the Bronx, New York, until returning to Naples at the age of 4 per her dad's military orders. Cristina always has had a dual U.S./Italian citizenship and is fluent in both English and Italian.