Raised in Staten Island and launched as a child model appearing in national commercials for brands such as Band-Aid and Coca-Cola, she transitioned to acting with a role in the independent film Liberty Kid and brief appearances in The Rebound and The Smurfs. Her breakout came when she was cast as Zuri Ross on Disney Channel’s Jessie, a part she continued in the spin-off Bunk’d, earning an NAACP Im…
