Veronica LaVery (birth name: Veronika Poloprutska) was born in 1991 in the Czech Republic to a Slovakian mother and a Polish/Irish father. She grew up in a small northern town called VrchlabĂ, known as the Gate to the Giant Mountains (Krkonose) of the Czech Republic. While in VrchlabĂ, Veronica attended both an art and dance school along with acting classes where she was trained to play musical instruments, sing, craft,