Aged six, she was enrolled at a local dance studio and trained as a ballet dancer. Three years later at a dance event, she witnessed a
hip hop dance crew for the first time, including Marvelous Motion, whose members (Phillip Chbeeb, Di Zhang and Brandon Harrell) would later become her fellow crew members in I.aM.mE. Gonzales enrolled at Lanier Middle School, where hip hop was taught and in 2010, after the disbandment of Marvelous Motion, auditions were held to create a new crew, I.aM.mE. Gonzalez auditioned successfully and became the crew's youngest member. Together they entered ''America's Best Dance Crew: Season of the Superstars''.
Appearances Gonzales was one of the backup dancers for the Tribute to Britney Spears as part of the
2011 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2012 she made a dance appearance with I.aM.mE in the Disney TV programme,
Shake It Up. In 2013, she choreographed the dance to the second theme song of the
fashion doll franchise
Monster High, in "We Are Monster High". She took the lead role in the 2014 feature film
The Legend of DarkHorse County, directed by
Shawn Welling. Gonzales was in the cast of the second season of
East Los High in 2014. In May 2015, she judged the grand finals of the Jagthug World Dance Off competition, held at the
Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.
Awards In 2012, Gonzales was named "Teen Choreographer of the Year" at the
World of Dance 2012 Industry Awards. She won the Remi Award for Best Supporting Actress for
The Legend of DarkHorse County at the 2014 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival awards. In 2015, she won the silver Remi Award for Original Comedy Short for the
In the News episode "Dog Day" and for the
AXI episode "Alive" for Best Dramatic Original Short Film.
Musical career In 2022, Gonzales competed in
Masked Singer Suomi, disguised as Party Animal. In January 2026, it was revealed that she would be competing in
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu for a chance to represent Finland in the
Eurovision Song Contest, with her stage name as Chachi performing the song "Cherry Cake". She placed 4th with 99 points. ==Filmography==