"It must be nice, Queenie thought, to be one thing or another, to know where you belonged."
FROM THE NOVEL QUEENIE BY MICHAEL KORDA

"Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet . . ."
RUDYARD KIPLING, THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST

Queenie was born Chicago, Illinois. Adopted from a government-subsidized hospital called Booth at ten days old, Queenie's birthmother, who remains a mystery, was reportedly an eighteen year old Japanese college student. Her birthfather was allegedly of German descent. Queenie grew up in the Midwestern town of Downers Grove.

Queenie began piano lessons at six years old and took up Classical guitar at age fifteen. She went to college for music at a well known conservatory in Chicago and completed her Bachelors Degree of Music by age twenty-two.

Hoping to get a major label record deal upon graduation, Queenie was unable to interest the mainstream powerhouses in her introspective, ethereal music. In 2001, Queenie produced and released her first album QUEENIE with Digi 001, a Rode NT-1 microphone, and a Korg Triton. The resulting album "QUEENIE", topped international charts and went on to become an worldwide bestseller on iTunes and CDBaby.com.

Queenie has donated the majority of profits from her CD QUEENIE to charities like Women for Women International, the Wellness House, and other charities that primarily benefit women and children.

In 2004, Queenie co-founded a recording label with fellow singer-songwriter Frances Mai-Ling called East West Now. The East West Now label is the country's first hapa Asian-American music label devoted to the promotion, production, and distribution of half-Asian artists.

After receiving her first ever offer for representation from a "feeder" label in 2005, Queenie chose to remain independent. She is currently scoring an independent film and working with several indie collaborators. She is in post-production on her second CD, the highly-anticipated album, Dream of Flight.