Dutch Singer/Songwriter Latisha Van Simon was born in the Netherlands on January 14th 1987. She grew up listening to Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Leann Rimes, Faith Hill, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Growing up in Europe also introduced her to dance music at an early age. Latisha started playing guitar at the age of 16, and piano when she turned 18.
After seeing a performance of the musical “Annie” in 1996 with her family she knew what she wanted and auditioned for the next season of the musical and landed the leading part in 1997. She developed herself further as a singer and started writing songs. She won several talent shows, including the French concours the la chanson in 2003. After being on the tv show “Talent Search” in Holland Dutch producer Tjeerd Oosterhuis approached her. He showed her some options in Holland but after finishing up high school she moved to the USA to study music at Berklee school of music in Boston. Latisha transferred to Musicians Institute in Hollywood after a year of Berklee to get more opportunities to network and perform. She also wants to learn more about recording and will be starting the Recording program at Musicians Institute in October 2007.