Vivian Vallo was born and raised in California. In her youth she learned to dance to the rumba and samba beats of Buck Owens and the Bakersfield Sound and how to twist and strut to the rhythm of surf music pioneers Dick Dale, Link Wray and the Ventures. A number of the dance moves Vallo uses tantalize audiences today were influenced by her grandmother (a former go-go dancer) and traditional movements utilized in her Navajo heritage.
Vivian Vallo currently lives in Sacramento, California.