I am a 13-year-old singer/songwriter from Tampa, Florida.

At age 8, I began playing guitar, and when I was 9, I wrote my first song “Stuck in the Clouds” about my dreams of having a career in music. People call me an old soul—maybe I am. I work hard to achieve my goals. At age 10, I was asked to perform at Madison Square Garden. Just a few months later, I won Producers' Choice for PBS Celebration of Music; and then I was selected as a winner of NBC's Today Show aspiring singer/songwriter contest. I love to play music at gigs around my hometown.

It makes people smile, and it makes me happy