Dee was born on February 17 1979 in Puerto Rico She was raised by a single mother in New York and also grew up in Southern California Dee worked as a store clerk prior to her involvement in the adult film industry she was discovered in a shopping mall by porn filmmaker Greg Steelberg and his wife Julie Rage Dee first began performing in explicit hardcore movies at age 18 in 1997 and started directing her own Xrated features in 2003 Moreover Dee modeled for the cover of the mens magazine Hustler in October 1997 she subsequently both graced the cover of and was the centerfold for the July 1998 issue of the same mens magazine