Celina Graves grew up in Southern California in a small town called Mira Mesa. She spent all of her childhood around music, as her father is a professional musician. Celina began to notice her musical talents when she was 8 years old, when she began picking up piano and guitar by ear and playing full songs with out any lessons. She started making YouTube videos at 16 years old and gained over 6 million views in a short amount of time.Aside from being a musician, Celina was also a star athlete, training in an Olympic development program. Although she was hoping to make the USA team, she got injured in a high school basketball game and lost the opportunity. She then began to focus on her music. Celina inspires other artists to be themselves and never change for anyone or anything.