Erica "The Gift" Harrell was born in Naples, Italy. Having both parents in the military she was raised overseas the first half of her childhood and came to the states right before she started middle school. She was stationed at Ft. Stewart where she did her first tour in Iraq in 2010. Having always been gifted with her hands, after retiring from the United States Army in 2014 she continued her education and was certified in massage, esthetics, locking, and maintaining natural hair. Although she never had intentions to be in the beauty industry it has become her passion for the last 10 years.