One of Houston’s most acclaimed and promising songwriters! As the rising voice of America's most ethnically diverse generation of young people, 26-year-old Amanda Pascali writes songs that speak to the experience of growing up as a first-generation American. The internationally acclaimed, bilingual singer/songwriter and 2021 Houston Chronicle "Musician of the Year," was born in Queens, New York, and is now based in Houston, Texas. She has released music and performed internationally, from the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. to the European Union Parliament in Brussels, and across the globe. Blending a variety of influences - touches of folk/Americana, cumbia,Texas, Sicily and beyond - with southern Italian and Latin rhythms, Pascali’s songs are powerful tales of America told through the eyes of immigrants and those who have always felt like the “other”. Amanda has felt driven from a young age to be the messenger of her family’s stories and diaspora, and she does that beautifully through her music.