Klemons was born in Manhattan at
Mount Sinai Hospital. She grew up in
Colts Neck Township, New Jersey and graduated from
Marlboro High School in 2000, where she was inducted into the National Honor Society. In high school, she would spend time after school tutoring students when she wasn't choreographing a number for the pep rally or taking dance class. She went to
Rutgers University on scholarship and double majored in Genetics & Microbio Research and Modern Dance. Her undergraduate work in Cancer Research led to the publication of this study, in the International Journal of Oncology. After graduating from Rutgers in 2004 she moved to
Spain for four months to get a “Study Abroad Experience”. She taught English to some children and lived with their family in
Pozuelo de Alarcón, just outside
Madrid and also stayed in a small village named
Oropesa. == Dance ==