For me, there's still a lot of room to grow; I'm just happy that I have so much more to give.

I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages.

I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.

I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.

A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set.

So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me.

And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.