Cáthia

Cáthia was born in The Bronx in New York City to parents who immigrated from El Salvador. She attended high school at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, in New York City's Manhattan borough, where she was a vocal major and trained in opera, musical theater and learned how to play the piano as a teenager.[2] As a senior in high school, she competed in the Apollo Theater Amateur Night, advancing to the semi-finals.

She cites Whitney Houston, Selena Quintanilla, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey as some of her vocal inspirations in her earlier years.

Cáthia auditioned for The Voice earning a three-chair turn from Shakira, Usher and Blake Shelton. She chose Shakira as her coach. In the battle round, Cáthia lost to Mary Miranda but was stolen by Usher. She advanced through the knockouts beating Ryan Innes. In the Top 16 Cáthia was eliminated. She performed twice in the finale – first with Judith Hill, Sasha Allen and Karina Iglesias;[3] then with Michelle Chamuel, Josiah Hawley and VEDO.[4]

In 2014, Cáthia competed on Telemundo's "Yo Soy El Artista," advancing to the final round and placing in the Top 5 of the competition. While on the show she worked with artists like Luis Fonsi and Olga Tañon, training in voice, dance and acting. From there, she went on to work on her EP "Volar," debuting the title track single and video on Telemundo's "Al Rojo Vivo."

In 2017, Cáthia joined Prince Royce's band as part of the "FIVE" Tour, and remained the sole background vocalist in his band for over 2.5 years, touring the U.S., Europe and Latin America. She worked as a background and session vocalist for other artists like Luis Fonsi and Jennifer Lopez during this time, while releasing her EP "No Me Conoces" in 2018, and single "Bet It All" in 2019.

• List of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni
• List of Latin pop artists
• List of people from the Bronx
• List of Salvadoran Americans
• List of The Voice (U.S.) contestants

• cathiamusic.com