Spent a summer researching Afro-Dominican dance and music in the Dominican Republic
As a winner of the WB reality show Popstars, became a member of the all-female pop group Eden's Crush; they released one album in 2001 before disbanding
Was just one project away from completing her graduate dance studies at Ohio State University when she got the call for Popstars
Cohosted the talk show On Air With Ryan Seacrest in 2004
Under the name Chana, records and performs a style of music she calls "trop-electro-hip-hop