When did you first discover and act upon your desire to express yourself as a singer?

I was in second grade. Actually, I was incredibly shy as a kid. People find it hard to believe that I’m still shy, but I am. But, a nun asked me to sing in the Christmas pageant. I sang “The Twelve Days of Christmas” and my mother was amazed, because she didn’t think that I would get up there and do it, but I did. From then on, I recognized that singing was something that I was g...