Sudano was born in
Los Angeles,
California, to singer
Donna Summer (1948-2012) and songwriter
Bruce Sudano (1948). She has two older sisters, Mimi Sommer Dohler, from her mother's first marriage to actor Helmut Sommer, and actress
Brooklyn Sudano. Her maternal cousin is the music producer and rapper Omega Red, and her paternal uncle is Fr Glenn Sudano, a
Catholic priest and founding member of the
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in New York City. Sudano spent the early part of her childhood in
Thousand Oaks, California. In 1995, when she was 13, her family moved to
Nashville, Tennessee, where she attended high school at Christ Presbyterian Academy and college at
Vanderbilt University. ==Modeling career==