Jennifer Quiroz’s home-spun songs are the ember-infused conversations one has with an intimate friend at a fireside. With subject matter ranging from the great escape of doing something you truly love (“And So You Sing”) to having faith that everything happens for your soul’s unfoldment (“The Greatest Good”), her acoustic songs effuse healing warmth and energy. Seeing herself as a conduit – believing that her songs are “through” her and not “by” her – she is grateful to be able to voice the ideas, words, melodies, and chords that reveal themselves. The gratitude Jennifer feels is greatly deepened by having overcome years of paralyzing stage fright and writer’s block. She first fell in love with music and started writing when she was 16, during which time she penned “Say.” Two year’s later, she gathered the courage to play a residency in a local coffeehouse in her hometown of Sherman Oaks, but after a successful summer full of shows, she still couldn’t shake her fear. At the same time, she found herself empty when she would sit down to write. So she consciously decided to put her pen down, believing she had to live her life before she had something to write about. It took the traumatic experience years later of her father being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer to finally infuse her with the strength to overcome her fears. After a two year fight and by a complete miracle, her dad beat all the odds, and in the process, Jennifer herself was also healed. She realized that if she could face what she had just been through, she could face anything, and with her new found faith and strength, Jennifer found herself brimming with inspiration and ready to follow her dreams and passion. So with more faith in the unseen than the seen, and with the belief that everything truly is for your greatest good, Jennifer is thankful to be living her dream of being a singer/songwriter, and in the process, is deeply humbled and enlivened by the prospect of being able to inspire in even the slightest of ways.