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GRETCH'N, WHOSE REAL NAME GOES BY GRETCHEN LOBAINA BATISTA, HAILS FROM

HAVANA, CUBA, A CITY KNOWN FOR ITS RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE.

SHE RECEIVED HER EDUCATION AS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS (ENA) IN HAVANA. HER BACKGROUND IN

DANCE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED HER MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES, COMBINING

HER SKILLS AS A SINGER AND PROFESSIONAL DANCER TO CREATE CAPTIVATING AND

UNIQUE EXPERIENCES FOR HER AUDIENCE.

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GRETCH'N ARTISTIC JOURNEY BEGAN IN CUBA

PERFORMING AS A DANCER AT SOME OF THE

MOST PRESTIGIOUS HOTELS IN CUBA, HOTEL

NATIONAL (PARISIEN) AND HOTEL COHIBA

(HAVANA CAFE).

THIS FOUNDATION SET THE STAGE FOR HER

CAREER, WHICH HAS EVOLVED OVER THE

YEARS TAKING HER FROM THE VIBRANT

STREETS OF CUBA TO THE LIVELY SCENE OF

MIAMI WHERE HER JOURNEY HAS BEEN

PUNCTUATED BY SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS SUCH

AS PERFORMING FOR NETWORKS LIKE

TELEMUNDO AND UNIVISION IN TV SHOWS

LIKE AMERICA TV, DESPIERTA AMERICA AMONG

OTHERS.

GRETCHN WAS ONE OF THE BACKGROUND DANCERS FOR MARC ANTHONY IN THE LATIN

BILLBOARDS AWARDS, MODEL IN MUSIC VIDEOS FOR ALEJANDRO SANZ AND JESSE &

JOY, NICK JONAS AND MORE.

ULTIMATELY, IT WAS IN CANADA (HER CURRENT HOME) THAT SHE ACHIEVED THE HONOR

OF BEING NAMED BEST UPCOMING ARTIST OF THE YEAR AT THE CANADA LATIN AWARDS

IN 2017A TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION AND PASSION SHE POURS INTO HER CRAFT.

HER MUSIC IS A REFLECTION OF CUBAN HERITAGE AND THE DIVERSE INFLUENCES SHE

ENCOUNTERED ALONG THE WAY, WITH A FOCUS ON CONNECTING WITH A BILINGUAL

AUDIENCE SPANNING THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES,

SHE AIMS TO BRIDGE CULTURES AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH THE

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF MUSIC. HER PRESENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAS GROWN

ORGANICALLY, WITH OVER 100K STREAMS ON SPOTIFY.

LOOKING AHEAD, SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HER FIRST EP ALBUM, SET TO DEBUT

IN SPRING 2024.

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