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A four time Asbury Music Award Nominee and a New Jersey native, Justina has been playing guitar and writing her own songs since she was 18. With the influences of classic and folk rock, Justina writes from personal experience and fictional stories. She pens all her own tunes and delivers from the heart with her soft, yet soulful rock vocal approach.

The half angry rock chick and half soft spoken songstress is musically inspired by The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Jewel, Sheryl Crow, as well as the vocal styles of Pat Benatar, Janis Joplin and Christina Aguilera. Justiana has accumulated a bountiful catalogue of catchy six strings soulful pop tunes that leaves listeners humming for days.

Justina has performed in over one hundred live shows in her diligent career; her mantra is that she’ll play anywhere and everywhere, something that is not found in many young artists in the current music scene. Justina has performed live on the NBC 10! Show in Philadelphia and last years NYC marathon. She’s also headlined in legendary tri state area venues such as CBGB, The Stone Pony, The Bitter End and many more.

In 2008, with the success of her long awaited EP “Last One Standing" she reached the Indie charts at the 38^th position in all genres and 4 in pop (indiecharts.com) Also, that same year, Justina went on to win the Fully Loaded Vocal title, presented by 5^th Gear Multimedia in NYC and in 2009, she won April’s Artist of the month contest on Stereofame.com. Justiana will soon hit the studio to work on her next album, which is guaranteed to take the music world by storm.

"Artist of the Month Contest Winner Justina is the latest artist to be recognized in Stereofame.com's popular Artist of the Month contest.

-Stereofame.com

"Justina was very professional, and shows promise. She has a certain edge to her songs that seemed to resonate with the audience"
-Gabriel Antonini, Sound tech NBC 10! Show, Philly, PA

"My next guest is an incredibly talented musician from New Jersey. Her voice draws you in and her songwriting is real & personal"

-STOLI, Skope Magazine

"She honed her live performance from playing at open mics. Soon she was invited to do longer and longer sets. Finally she started getting booked as the headliner."

-Gary Wien, Upstage Magazine

"Justina is a phenomenal talent, since her debut performance here; we knew we had witnessed something special. She has wonderful lyrics that she transforms into great harmonious songs. Justina has the making of star; we consider her as one of the sensational artists who is 'under the radar'." -Espresso Joe's

"Justina's got the talent and the heart to go to the top. This apparent ingénue has recently released "Break of Day", a startlingly mature sample of her virtuosity." -Cafe Improv

"Just a week after releasing her first 5-song EP titled "Break of Day"; it has been receiving rave reviews. There is a definite buzz accompanying this release, so come out and catch a rising star!" -The Indigo Coffeehouse