Artist Info: Carmireli

The radiant Carmireli was born the youngest girl of eleven in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and celebrated her eighteenth birthday on July 21. Though originally from the island, most of her upbringing was in Queens, New York, where she became no stranger to the words " struggle" and "overcome." The family fell upon hard times and resided for eight years in a windowless, basement apartment before moving to upstate NY at the beck and call of one of her older brothers that had found a bit more fortune in this land of liberty. [read more...]