About me: Do you believe in Cinderella?
Often called "The Next Selena," Liz Ester is an elastic talent who moves effortlessly from ballads to pop to salsa.
And although she enjoys the comparison to the legendary Mexican-American singer, she prefers the nickname Cinderella.
Liz is a young Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and poet -- singing and writing are two of her biggest passions in life. To date Liz has written thirteen songs with several others she's currently penning.
Liz wrote and recorded her first song "Me Haces Sonar" (You Inspire Me to Dream) in 2007, and is balancing life as a daycare teacher by weekday and a singer/songwriter by weekend. In April of 2008, she'll release a string of tracks, the first of which is "Grabado," a cover of American Idol Winner Jordin Spark's Tattoo.
Since she was little she has been singing. Liz has participated in different talent shows taking first place in many of them and was part of her church's choir and band.
Liz has been invited to sing in different places around Puerto Rico and after having moved back to the northeast U.S.she's trying to pursue the dream she's always had hidden in her heart -- inspiring and touching people's lives through music.
But for Liz Ester, her story goes much deeper than just music and songwriting.
She hails from the city of Mayaguez, of the little isle of Puerto Rico, yet was born in Camden, NJ-- the United State's poorest city.
At seven years old, her family moved to Puerto Rico with the promise of a better life, but her life was quickly wraught with disaster-- her parents separated before she turned 12, and her entire family lived in one room and used food stamps to survive.
Staying in her father's mother's house, they were not treated like the rest of the family. She never had an quinceañera --a parallel to "sweet sixteens" in the U.S. --- she never went to prom, or did many of the things that other girls were lucky enough to enjoy.
But in spite of the troubles -- in fact because of them, she kept on singing.
"Every difficult moment, but also every joyful and uplifting moment, filled my mouth with beautiful words and inspired poems," she says.
Now, this Puerto Rican Cinderlla wants to break into the music industry and inspire others and touch lives with her music.
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