Wallis was born in Houma, Louisiana, to Qulyndreia (Jackson) Wallis, a teacher, and Venjie Wallis, Sr., a truck driver. She has one sister, Qunyquekya, and two brothers, Vejon and Venjie, Jr. “Quven”, the first part of her name, combines the first syllables of her parents’ first names. Wallis, at age five, auditioned for her very …
