Currently a senior in high school, Martina San Diego is as busy as ever. A consistent honor roll student and a member of the Choral Chamber group in her school, Martina sings, plays piano, guitar and has been performing in front of audiences since a very young age. At thirteen years old, she won the Boy’s and Girl’s Club Icon Talent Competition of Washington D.C. which allowed her to perform at the Millennium Stage in the Kennedy Center. In 2009, Martina performed at the Patriot Center in George Mason as an opening act for the Filipino production, DIVAS 4 DIVAS. Martina’s family and friends are a big inspiration in her life, along with artists such as Dolores O’Riordan, Eva Cassidy, and Robert Smith.

A rising senior at the University of Maryland, Isabelle’s passion for music is reflected not only in the group, but also at school where she is studying jazz drums performance and pre-medicine. At UMD she is the drummer in the top jazz ensemble and is also a distinguished College Park Scholar, as well as a Dean’s List student with honors.  Most recently she was selected to be a Strathmore Artist-in-Residence for 2012-2013. In  April 2011, she was a featured performer at the Smithsonian National American History Museum for a celebration of women in jazz and the launching of Jazz Appreciation Month. In 2008 she won the Washington Post Music and Dance Scholarship Award for her performance on drums, and in 2011 was awarded the Stanley Kay Scholarship to attend the New York Summer Festival for jazz drums with a full ride. She hopes to one day save the world using music and medicine, and in her free time, enjoys photography, modeling, baking, and being with friends and family.

A music and art aficionado, Kristine is a senior at Catholic University. She is an architecture major who has mastered the art of juggling her studies with a part time job and her role as historian of the Filipino organization at her university. Her musical inspirations consist of Meg & Dia, Kings of Leon, and Florence +the Machine. By being in Ivy Rose, she hopes to inspire people to break out of their sheland try something new—because you never know where it will go!

An incoming freshman at the University of Maryland, Sarah plans to pursue both her interests by double majoring in electrical engineering and jazz guitar. Having graduated high school Cum Laude, she will be an honors student at UMD and is excited for the many performance and academic opportunities she will encounter. She hopes to use her newly acquired engineering and music knowledge to venture into some of the more technical aspects of music.