Alexandra Raisman was born May 25th, 1994 in Needham Massachusetts. Shee attended Needham High school and wasn't home schooled until her college level years. She began gymnastics with her mother by attending a "mommy and Me" gymnastics class. She was only 18 months when she began this class. As a young child she obviously had much more energy and her parents decided to put her into an actual gymnastics class. She attends Brestyans Gymnastics.