Natalia Cruze was born in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada on December 6, 1981. At 18 Natalia moved to her mother's home in Arizona and at 20 she moved to Los Angeles California. She started mainstream modeling at 14 and started as an adult model in 2002 becoming a Penthouse Pet and even runner up to Pet of the Year in 2005. In 2005 she changed her stage name to Sophia Santi after signing with Digital Playground.