BORN AND RAISED IN SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA, SARA SHINE IS OF PORTUGUESE, BRAZILIAN, FRENCH & GERMAN DECENT. SHE HAS BEEN ON HER GRIND FOR QUITE SOMETIME WHILE INDEPENDENTLY WRITING AND RELEASING 7 OF HER OWN CD’S OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. FIVE OF THOSE CD'S WERE RELEASED UNDER THE NAME SARA S. TITLED "JUST 4 YOU" RELEASED IN 1999, "ENTER MY WORLD" RELEASED IN 2001, "ALL BOUT YOU" IN 2003, "THE NEW BEGINNING" RELEASED IN 2006, "SUGAR & SOUL" RELEASED IN 2008, WHICH HAVE MAINLY BEEN DISTRIBUTED OVERSEAS IN JAPAN, LONDON, AND BRAZIL WITH INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION, ALONG WITH TWO OF HER LATEST CD'S RELEASED UNDER HER NEW STAGE NAME SARA SHINE TITLED "AFTER THE RAIN" RELEASED IN 2011 AND "STEP IT UP" RELEASED IN 2013. SARA HAS FEATURED ON AND WRITTEN HOOKS FOR OVER 150 DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT RAP AND R&B PROJECTS RELEASED IN THE UNDERGROUND HIP HOP MARKET. IN THE MIDST OF HER HARDWORK AND DEDICATION, SARA HAS CREATED A SOLID FAN BASE IN HER HOMETOWN 805 AREACODE, UP TO THE BAY AREA, AND DOWN TO LOS ANGELES WHERE SHE HAS PERFORMED AT MANY CONCERT VENUES THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, INCLUDING THE GREEK THEATRE AND UNIVERSAL AMPHITHEATER.