Sovaneka Melinda Liek was born at Wentworth Douglas Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire. She grew up in a small town called Berwick, Maine with her parents, San Liek and Sem Moeng and her brother, Richard. Sovaneka attended Noble High School and was part of the girls lacrosse team and YAADA club. She graduated on June 2011 with high honors. Sovaneka is now attending college at the University of New Hampshire in Durham and is currently studying Business Administration at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics.