Mariah Padilla was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mariah Padilla's known ancestry roots to a Mexican and German heritage. Mariah Padilla grew up along side athletic family members which encouraged her to participate in six different sports growing up. Sports including: baseball, softball, cheerleading, MMA, cross country and track. Mariah Padilla's athletic history has encouraged her to make the gym apart of her daily routine working on her overall health and physique. As well as dabbling in new sports such as surfing and snow boarding. Besides athletics, Mariah Padilla stood unique compared to her family, being the only one interested in the arts from an early age. Finally joining theater club in high school, Mariah Padilla found a love and passion for acting. Mariah Padilla pursued acting after attaining her associates degree in Film. She has taken multiple classes dedicated to acting and continues to push herself as an action actress. Mariah Padilla's first television appearance was in a Christian TV show, 'The Graceful Path', a faith based show documenting the troubling lives of multiple individuals. However, it was her role as a secret agent in a short film, VR that proved to Mariah her capabilities as an actress and a stunt performer. Mariah Padilla has appeared in a handful of Independent projects including Coyote Cage, Elevate Her, Stop, and Arcade, but she is most known for her work as La Llorona in 'Night of the Starlings'. When not perfecting her craft of acting, you can find Mariah Padilla spending time with her two loving dogs and her family members in her hometown New Mexico or going to her local gym to enhance her health.