Princess Mancilla was born and raised in San Francisco for 15 years before moving around several cities in Northern California, and eventually back to San Francisco. After high school, she joined City Year San Jose, a nonprofit Americorps program, where she completed over 1800 hours of community service working with pre-kindergarten through high school students. She enjoys sushi, shabu shabu, beaches in Southern California, and taking her dog Lilo to the dog park and on walks.