I have been fortunate all my life to have received songs since an early age when I'd invent spontaneous songs a cappella, hearing the words and music coming to me, and then my parents bought me a tape recorder upon which I'd record my singing, songs with my sister, songs I'd created, the voice of my brothers and parents, and songs from the radio. I'd also pluck new sounds from the guitar my parents bought me in Uruguay.  

Being gifted a guitar when I was a young girl by my parents and then music sessions in classical, folkloric and pop guitar, as well as listening to music from across the world, nurtured my eclectic tastes. 

And it interwove with building connections across the world with so many friends with whom I have shared creating music: at home, with family friends, in school choirs and music classes, in university (as part of a girl band or singing solo at college pubs and social meetings), and church youth groups singing at weddings, church dances. Also this led to my singing with and playing music as well as jamming with great international musicians/artists in Brazil such as Kay Lyra, Phillipe Baden Powell, Marcos Artistides (singing with them at Bartelie, writing songs with them, performing with Kay one Christmas in her show in Rio de Janeiro); or writing songs with other friends, such as Tony Hansen, a wonderful pianist and songwriter--one of my first collaborators in song--and Salim Farah, a vibrant and joyous flamenco and Lebanese guitarist with whom we've shared lyric writing and arrangements of our collaboration "Preámbulo" and my "Courage." And with popular cantautores from Uruguay, such as Héctor Numa Moraes.

And into the present: recording and filming with the virtuoso rock guitarist, music producer, videographer and songwriter Jamie Dowd of Toronto has been a revelation. These collaborations hopefully brings some of that to others and awakens more of everyone's truths.

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