She knew from a very young age that she was transgender, stating in a 2017 interview, "As soon as I was born, I was always a girl; I was just assigned differently at birth.

[1] As a teenager, Aquino moved to the United States to study at the Berklee College of Music, which she graduated from summa cum laude.

[9] Aquino plays a minor but important character named Cassie in the FBI: Most Wanted season 1 episode "Silkworm" in 2020.

[10] In January 2022, Aquino was cast as Alysia Yeoh in the unreleased superhero film Batgirl, set in the DC Extended Universe.

[12][13] Aquino lives in New York City, where she enjoys spending time with her Shih Tzu dog Chewybear.