Singer who was first exposed to a national audience in 2008, when she was a featured semi-finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. She later released her rock and soul-influenced debut EP, Lost Words, became a background singer on Dancing with the Stars and performed at the Miss USA 2015 pageant. She grew up in the military town of Virginia Beach, Virginia. She got her start singing in church and performed her first solo at just 2 years old.
