 | | CassieCassie was born in New London, Connecticut to a Filipino father and a mother of Mexican and Afro-West Indian descent. While attending The Williams School, a preparatory school on the Connecticut College campus in New London, Ventura began her career as a model at the age of fourteen, appearing in ads for Delia's, Adidas, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Seventeen. When she completed high school in 2004, she announced that she was going to pursue her career in modeling and singing, foregoing college. |