Leli Hernandez was born on June 15, 1995 in Miami, Florida. She was raised and born in Miami, Florida. Her mother, Wilma Hernandez is from Dominican Republic. Before she became famous, she was a model part-time in Miami and then moved to Los Angeles to work in the TV and film industry. She’s an occasional actress and a social media personality mostly an Instagrammer. She has amassed more than 1 million followers. In 2018, she appeared in the Netflix bio-series in Nicky Jam: El Ganador as his sister, Stephanie Rivera.