Krysta Rodriguez is an American actress. She grew up in Orange County, California and attended the Orange County High School of the Arts. There, she had a chance to play the title role in a production of Gidget that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

At 17, she enrolled in the musical theater training program, CAP 21, at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Krysta was a cast member for the entire run of the TBN children`s program Colby`s Clubhouse which ran from 1995 until 2000.