Alisha Ricardi was born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts, where she graduated from Newton North High School before receiving a B.S. in Magazine Journalism from Syracuse University. At Syracuse, Alisha was a Division I student athlete as a pole vaulter on the track & field team. She also was a member of two student dance companies. She went on to work in sports journalism.As a student at Playhouse West, Alisha trained in Meisner technique at the advanced level. She has also trained in improv comedy at Groundlings. While living on the East Coast, Alisha studied sitcom acting at Weist-Barron.Alisha is fluent in American Sign Language and proficient in Spanish. She has also studied Italian.