Rosie Gómez

Rosalia Ramona Gómez Rivera (born February 4, 1988) is a Swedish-born Chilean-American rapper and singer, best known for being a member of B.A.N.D.I.T.A.

Early life and career
Rosalia was born on February 4, 1988 at in,  to Chilean parents Raul and Catalina Gómez. Both of her parents were from, and had been politically persecuted in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship, as a result they fled to Sweden. The family initially lived in, , where Raul was employed in harbor in the  strait. Around 1993, Raul was offered a position at which took the family to. She was dubbed "Rosie" by an elementary school teacher to differentiate her from her classmates Rosalia Gómez Rahmer and Rosalia Gómez Novoa.

Rosie attended and  in Miami.

B.A.N.D.I.T.A.
Rosie and her friend Mariela Santa Cruz became friends when Rosie was 19, when they both sang 's "Party Hard" together at a block party in. Mariela, an aspiring singer/songwriter, began to value Rosie's musical talent.

In 2010, Rosie and Mariela were notified of auditions for an all-female rap/pop group by a friend, and they went to a dance school in to audition. Upon being accepted into the group, B.A.N.D.I.T.A., they became acquainted with fellow recruits Antonietta Madrazo, a Hispanic rapper from, , and Fiorella Teixeira, a Brazilian-American from.