Charles Viet Nguyen was born on October 16, 1989 in Long Beach, CA and attended Bolsa Grande High School in Westminster, CA where he graduated in 2007.

Charles began doing high school dance performances his sophomore and junior year for fun, but fell in love with hip hop as a result. He met Can at church, who introduced him to popping, when he was 15 and was later asked to be one of the original three members of Poreotics.

At first Charles practiced popping, and later began taking classes when he joined Pac Modern in the fall of 2008. Charles says his most memorable moment while on ABDC season 5 was winning, ìI really thought we werenít going to win, so I was enjoying my last minutes on stage.

When not dancing, Charles enjoys playing volleyball, eating and watching his favorite show, Family Guy.

Charles is currently enrolled at Golden West College and his major is Education, where he hopes to one day be a middle school or high school teacher. His motivation for dancing comes from this saying, “Dance with your heart, dance how you feel, that is how you know the dancer is real.”