 At age 9, her first public performance took place at an East Los Angeles marketplace named "El Mercadito", which marked the albeit small beginning of her public performing career.That same year, she performed at a retirement home in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and the following year, at age 10, she embarked on regular gigs at several Mexican restaurants in the Los Angeles area.Initially she sang with a mariachi group which already performed at the restaurant, but soon she was in demand in her own right.