Cassandra comes to UCC from Kahuku Hawaii, where she went to Kahuku High School and graduated in 2017. A 3 sport athlete in High School, she competed in Judo for 3 years, Wrestled for 3 years and also was a Cheerleader for a year. While competing in Judo, she place 4th in state in 2017 and also 2nd in OIA for 2016. For Wrestling Tongi was an OIA Wrestling Champion in 2017 and also placed 4th in state in the 2017 season.