Chanell (real name Mary Joe Wilson) was born on July 3, 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but grew up in a small town. In her teen years she was very promiscuous but also a bit of shy about it. She was a geek and used to write and read a lot. Chanell used to take computer classes because she wanted to perfect her typing skills and to learn to do different things with computers. When she was thirteen years old she lost her virginity with her then boyfriend. She was the one who initiated it; she knew that her mother was about to come back home soon so she made the guy to hurry up and have sex with her.When she was sixteen years old she had a girl/girl experience with her friend who was full-fledged lesbian who had a girlfriend.
The girls asked Chanell to join them, so they cooked dinner and had sex later. She stated that it was an awkward experience. Before she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her porn career, Chanell was a retail manager for about a year-and-a-half. She took a semester off school for early education and childhood development; this was the crucial moment when she realized that she didn’t want to be a teacher.