Tokischa was born into
poverty in 1996 and spent most of her childhood and adolescence in the small town of Los Frailes, a neighborhood of Santo Domingo, on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic. Despite initial reports that she had she had suffered from constant bullying in
high school, she denied it and stated that "I did not suffer bullying, I have always been a very rebellious person, I have not been like children who understand that they must respect and silence everything that is told to them, no, I defend myself".
Tokischa demonstrated her
talent and creativity for
art and music since age ten. She later studied fine and dramatic arts.
5 At the age of sixteen, she dedicated herself to professional modeling, in addition, she worked in a call center for a year. At age twenty, while Tokischa was doing a photoshoot for a magazine in her hometown, she met producer and designer Raymi Paulus, who was fascinated by her voice and
talent for music, asking her to record some songs in her studio. She eventually signed a record deal with her
label Paulus Music.
