Alba became isolated from other children at school, because she was in the hospital so often due to her illnesses that no one knew her well enough to befriend her.
Zaradi kariere njenega očeta pri vojnem letalstvu je družina živela v Biloxiju, Mississippi in Del Riu, Teksas in šele, ko je dopolnila devet let, se je njena družina ustalila v Kaliforniji.