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Makenzie Nicole Westbrook (born February 20, 2002), better known by her nickname Kenzie, is an American singer and musician from Gilbert, Arizona.

Early life and career
Born in Ahwatukee, Arizona, and raised in Gilbert, Arizona, Kenzie grew up immersing herself in the arts. Westbrooks' father Nicholas Sean "Nick" Westbrook is a nutritionist, and her mother Elizabeth Alice "Liz" Gabor is also a nutritionist, and she credits them as inspiration. She also has a Brother named Landen Edward Westbrook.

At the age of 2, she was singing songs in her grandfather's at-home studio. In 5th grade, she decided to learn to play the violin. Kenzie attended Desert Ridge Junior High School. In junior high, Kenzie was first chair concert master the entire year in both 7th and 8th grade. Due to this, she was automatically set into the second-to-top ranked chamber orchestra at Desert Ridge High School her freshman year of high school. That year, she was also a part of the school's Strolling Strings, or Rhapsody group as the only freshman. Her sophomore year, her family moved and she relocated to Highland High School due to it being the #1 music school in the state of Arizona. Under the instruction of Bill Bitter, she was set into the second-to-top Sinfonia orchestra at that school as well, and the much larger Strolling Strings group, where she is today.

Apart from music, her grades and education was immensely important to Kenzie from a young age.