Simone Biles moved to Spring, Texas, as a child with her grandfather, Ron Biles. In 2000, Ron and his wife, Nellie, began caring for Simone and her sister after learning that the children were in foster care. Spring is a north Houston suburb, and it became the community where Biles grew up and began building her gymnastics career.
The move was part of a major change in Biles's early life. Her birth mother, Shanon, was unable to care for her children, so the siblings spent time in foster care before Ron and Nellie took responsibility for them. In 2003, the couple formally adopted Simone and her younger sister, Adria.
Spring is sometimes confused with Houston because it is closely associated with the metropolitan area, but Spring is a distinct suburban community. It later became closely linked with Biles's public identity: she trained nearby at World Champions Centre and received a hometown welcome after her success at the 2016 Rio Olympics.