Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Akaberekerwa muPhoenix, Arizona, akatanga kumhanya semutambi wechikoro chesekondari paMountain Pointe High School uye akabudirira kekutanga paFoot Locker Cross Country Championships, kwaakava mumhanyi wechipiri pamutambo wenyika muna 1997 na1998 asati awana zita muna 1999. Akasarudzwa kuchikwata chechidiki cheUnited States pa1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
uye mukushanya kwake kwokutanga kwenyika yose akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechi73. Gare gare gore iroro akamhanya mumamita 3000 pa1999 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships uye akakunda Madai Pérez kuti akunde zita.