User:Alicia Renee Hunter

Alicia Renee Hunter was born on November 23, 1987 to a unemployed mother and father. Moving to Houston,Texas at the age of 2, Alicia was very active as a child. She attended Pat Neff Elementary School (1993-1998) where she achieved a Perfect Attendance Award for never missing a day of school since Kindergarten.

While in her elementary years, she was very active in the school choir and performances. Her teacher, Deborah Brown saw so much potential in the gifted and talented Alicia that she introduced her to The Houston Children's Chorus. Deborah said that, "Alicia was very outgoing and a risk-taker." "She always wanted to be in the camera and loved making the audience laugh." She believed that Alicia had dreams of becoming a bright star at the age of 10.

In 1998, Alicia auditioned for the Houston children's Chorus, under the direction of Stephen Rhoddy (founder in 1987) which is a culture related chorus combined of 275 children all around the outskirts of Houston and Galveston who travel and perform. Some of Alicia's achievements such as performing for former Maylor Lee P. Brown of Houston in the 90s, President Bush Sr. and Former First Lady, Singing with Celine Dion in a promotion concert to help needy families struggling, and performing the national anthem with Grammy Record Artist Beyonce Knowles and Josh Groban's emotional tribute to those fallen astronauts who lost their lives in the Spaceship's "Challenger" in SuperBowl XXVIII in which featured artist such as Grammy Recording Artist Janet Jackson, and former N'SYNC member Justin Timberlake