Birthplace: Fontana, CA
Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Instagram: Instagram.com/m_a_poveda/
Name of High School: Upland High School
High School Graduation Year: 2024
Name of College: UCLA
College Graduation Year: 2028
Degree/Major: Neuroscience
Year you began gymnastics: 2018
How did you get involved in gymnastics: After trying to teach myself to do flips on my aunts backyard trampoline my parents enrolled me in classes so I could safely learn how to do them. They motivated me by explaining that I could learn how to do more and harder skills.
Favorite thing about gymnastics: Getting to fly through the air and learning new and harder skills. I also love spending time with my friends at competitions.
What are your goals for gymnastics?: Compete at World Championships and make the Olympic Team
Names of parents/guardians/spouse: Stephanie Clark-Poveda/Benito Poveda
Names of sibling(s): Julianne Poveda