 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Okino akaberekerwa kuEntebbe, Uganda, akatamira kuUnited States nemhuri yake uye akatanga kuita gymnastics aine makore 9. Pakazosvika 1988, makore mana chete gare gare, akanga afambira mberi kusvika kumwero wepamusoro, achiisa 17th paU.S. Junior National Championships yegore iroro. Muna 1990 Okino akatamira kuHouston kunodzidziswa naMarta naBéla Károlyi. Akava wechipiri mune zvose-kumativi uye akakunda musoro wekugadzikana pa1990 US Nationals; uye akamiririra United States pamisangano yakawanda yenyika dzakawanda, kusanganisira Goodwill Games, kwaakakunda menduru yesirivha neboka reAmerica uye akapedza chechina mumakwikwi ose-kumativi uye asina kuenzana. Okino akanga ari mutezo wechikwata cheU.S. nokuda kweWorld Gymnastics Championships ya 1991, vakakunda menduru yesirivha mumakwikwi ekupedzisira echikwata uye menduru yebronze pabhenji. Akakundawo Mukombe weAmerica wa1991. 