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Melodie Young, an artist was born in Toronto in 1998, in a middle-class family. Her father is from Peru and mother is from Lebanon. She was born and raised her childhood in North York, an area of Toronto.

Melodie's father is a musician from Peru. He started singing when he was 14 years old. He was a well-known salsa singer in Peru, one of the top in the country in his time. He moved to the US where he played music for a couple of years. After some time he decided to move to Canada where he became a realtor and opened a restaurant in Toronto. He became very busy and his health started to decline unfortunately leading him to stop playing music.

Melodie's mother was born in Lebanon - a Muslim country with very strict rules. She moved to Canada as a refugee to escape the war and find a better, more sustainable place to live. She has gone through a lot of tough moments trying to find a place where she would be happy. Meldodies says - "I am forever thankful that she has been raising me with a thought that my personal happiness is the number one priority. Many would think that this is egoistic but I know that you can’t help others when you can’t even help yourself."