Trina was born in Minnesota where she lived until she was in the second grade. She then moved to the suburbs of Houston, TX. At the age of 13 yrs old she moved back to Minneapolis, where she has been ever since. Trina has been singing ever since she can remember. She has been in high school musicals even winning the lead role of Dorothy in The Wiz. She sang in a gospel choir, was in drama club and has even went to modeling school. That’s not all! She even writes her own songs. After that she knew she had a gift for song writing and couldn’t put the pen down.
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Trina has used her life situations to bring out her creativity in song writing, one of the most important situations was becoming a mother. She has four beautiful children ages: 13, 10, 3, and 2. Besides being a mother and artist, she is also a registered dental assistant. She says that becoming a registered dental assistant was one of the most difficult yet rewarding things she has done besides raising her children.
Once Trina makes it she wants to give back to her community and one of the things she wants to do is build a recreation center for teens, a place where they can be off the streets. Her dream would have a skating rink, bowling alley and teen club for the ages of 13-18 all under one roof. Trina hopes to build a place where children will feel like their city loves them. Trina’s influences have been Josephine Baker, Tina Turner, Gwen Stefani, and Patti Labelle who she shares a love of cooking with.Trina will no doubt make a dent in the entertainment industry whether it be, acting, modeling, song writing or her true passion of singing. Trina’s voice has become quite literally a voice to be reckoned with. She is not a one genre vocalist. She has sang songs, by Pink, Carrie Underwood, Janet Jackson and Mary J Blige. Whether she is singing in a cover band, solo, or belting out hooks for various artists, keep your eye out for this future star from the Twin Cities.