Alex Holley was born Abigail Gustafson on May 4, 1985, in the United States to parents Robert and Diane Gustafson. Her mother Diane worked as a nurse, while her father Robert worked as a physician.
She acquired her schooling at the University of Missouri, Columbia, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She double minored in Spanish and Sociology and was named Mizzou’s Homecoming Queen during her tenure at the university. She had previously studied Spanish at the Universidad de Salamanca when she was 13 years old.
