Lucia Micarelli was born in Queens, New York, to a Korean mother and Italian-American father. By the age of three, Lucia was heavily immersed in the arts, diligently practicing dance, piano, and violin. After moving to Hawaii at the age of 5, she debuted as a soloist with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. In 1994 Lucia left Hawaii and returned to New York after being accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School of