Nice to meet you, my friends call me Piera

My life has been a constellation of everyone who has mentored me through my artistry. My apprenticeship begins in Miami Beach. My parents immigrated from Venezuela in 2000 to provide my younger brother and me with a better future. As a result, I grew up in a city where magic grows in even the darkest corners.

Though my first artistic inkling was for visual arts, singing quickly became my biggest passion as soon as I was introduced to the likes of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé by my Kindergarten teacher. Music formally came into my life through jam sessions hosted by neighbors in the common area of our condominium. People from all walks of life would boast instruments from all over the world and improvise to communicate through a language that transcends the need for dialogue—Music has been my biggest love since.

I began writing my own music and performing when I was 12. At 14, I started attending New World School of the Arts in the Classical Voice strand, singing Alto 2 in an opera choir run like the Navy by the deeply loved Leslie Alan Denning.

Around this time, Jazz and various genre fusions became the focus of my playlists. Artists like Hiatus Kaiyote, Anderson Paak, and Sabrina Claudio helped me understand what it is to speak through music, which helped me flourish as a composer and singer-songwriter. Throughout high school, I painted Murals as a freelance artist and used my earnings to fund my passions as a singer and independent artist. Around this time, I began recording my songs and vocal arrangements at friends’ at-home studios.

Fast forward four years, and I’m now completing my last year at Berklee College of Music, studying Music Production and Engineering.

Time flies, but one thing stands true—my love for the arts has never wavered, and I intend on using all these beautiful learning opportunities to strengthen my message through the music I continue to craft.