Alisa was born in the United States, but has a multi-ethnic background. Part Caucasian, part Chinese and part Jewish, Alisa has had a unique upbringing. Her love of music goes back to the womb. At the age of two, she told her mother, "Mommy, I want to be a singer," and has pursued the dream ever since. Comments like, "funny, you don't look Jewish," taught Alisa to embrace her uniqueness and celebrate her individualism through song.
Before her professional career began, Alisa nurtured her love for singing by joining show choir all through junior high and high school. Her natural talent was showcased in many school functions and countless solo competitions. Alisa always said that she didn't care about the trophies and plaques, the only thing that mattered was, "inspiring someone to love music as much as I do".
In 2005, Alisa was entered into the ETTV Asian Idol Competition. Where she was awarded 1st place in LA, and then 1st place in the U.S. Alisa then went on to compete on an international level in Taipei, Taiwan. After graduation in 2006, Alisa was invited to participate in a national group singing competition held in ShanDong, China. After 2 months of competing with over a hundred finalists, Alisa was one of the select few to be offered a contract by Warner Music China. In August of 2007, Alisa was once again invited back to ShanDong to appear as a guest singer on Season Two of the group singing competition. While in China, Alisa was also invited to perform for the Qingdao International Beer Festival. Upon her return to Taipei, Alisa was invited to singing on the hit show, Million Star Avenue, as a challenger to the current contestants. Alisa was the first person on the second season to receive full stars (a total of 25) from each of the judges. After successfully winning two challenge shows, Alisa was then signed to Universal Music Taiwan, and just released her debut album in June of 2009.
