Biography
Laura Simone Gissara was born on 3 February 1984 to Joe Gissara, a Telstra Corporation team leader, and Ivana, a Centrelink employee. Gissara grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Preston in an Italian speaking household. From the age of 16-years-old she has written songs by working on a piano. She admires Celine Dion and "a lot of the Boy bands who were doin amazing things with harmonies".
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