At the age of fifteen, I soloed with the Spokane Junior Jazz Society Big Band. After that, I was hooked. I then had the opportunity to solo with my high school jazz choir and won a few awards at the jazz festivals: Best Jazz Soloist at the Vancouver Jazz Festival and Best Jazz Vocalist at the Eastern Washington Jazz Festival.

Encouraged, I took my dreams to California. An agent here placed me with The Edward's Generation, a soul-funk band. With this group I toured Japan. Following that I sang with the group Breakpoint throughout California's Rhythm-and-Blues circuit.

I then pursued my dream and love of music in a more formal setting: I earned a Bachelor of Music-Vocal Performance degree from San Francisco State University. While at State I was a soloist with both the symphony and the San Francisco State Jazz Ensemble. During that time I also put together a jazz trio, Blue Swing, that performed locally at Pier 23, Mason Street Wine Bar and various casuals.

After graduating I focused my attention on further studies in the art of jazz. I was fortunate in that I studied jazz theory and improvisation with renowned pianist Don Haas and received vocal coaching from both Mark Murphy and Chris Calloway, daughter of legend Cab Calloway at the Fairbanks Arts Festival.

After years of study I realized I was missing out on the most important lesson of all: performing live for people. After one open mic I realized I was spending far too much time on the technical aspects of music and missing out on the joy of making music with fellow musicians. I started performing at clubs in Marin, San Francisco and the East Bay.

In the past five years I have been receiving the support of, and working with, a number of the Bay Area's finest jazz musicians. These include pianist Leonard Thompson: Bassist John Watala; drummer and producer Bud Spangler; and saxophonist, Kenny Brooks. From these great musicians I have learned a lot and I continue to be inspired.

In December of 2001 I joined a multi-media circus, Xeno. With this talented group of techno-musicians, aerial artists and dancers I was singing Afro-cuban, East Indian, gypsy and R&B. Having this new freedom I took improvisation to a higher level. I left the group in August of 2002 to pursue my own performance art. Currently I'm writing new music for a performance based story about the lives of women in art.