Ealisa Hallie Espinoza was born into her tiny island paradise of Trinidad and Tobago at seven months, weighing in at 2 lbs. 10 oz. and struggling for life for 21 days in an incubator. However, it was not long before everyone began noticing there was something special about this tiny child, as she was speaking in sentences at age 10 months, and singing entire songs in pitch at age 2 years. She began classical vocal training at six years old, and at age 8, the tiny island girl became youngest child to win the national Sanfest Primary and Secondary School talent competition and, in the same year, placed second in both the vocal solo and vocal duet categories at the biennial Musical Festival South. At age 9 she received the special prize for singing in National Trinbago Kids got Talent, where she quickly became known as “The little girl with the big voice”. Later that year she won the S.M. Jaleel Karaoke competition held at Gulf City Mall. She was the youngest vocalist to showcase at the AMBBCON Caribbean Music Conference 2013 at Movie Towne, for visiting foreign music executives. She has appeared several times on National TV stations, including ACTS 25, Synergy TV, CNC3 “Morning Brew” and WIN TV. Also in 2013, at age 10, she became the youngest registered performing artist on the Trinidad and Tobago National Artist Registry and still holds that title presently. In 2014, she was also featured in Sweet T&T Magazine June edition, and the Ministry of Youth and Gender Affairs newspaper supplement for Children Who Inspire. She was featured in a full page article in the Trinidad & Tobago Mirror Newspaper on September 18th, 2015.

Ealisa’s love for music and theatre continued to grow, and she has played leading roles in seven musical productions at Naparima Bowl over the past six years with her group “The Trebles of T&T”. She recently appeared in the RG Musical Productions 2013, 2014 and 2015 concerts at Naparima Bowl, and placed third in the RG Musical Productions annual More Than Just Talent Competition in 2014. In 2015, she won first prize and the trophy for best vocalist in this competition. She again placed second in the vocal solo and vocal duet categories at the Youth Music Festival 2015. She also achieved certificates of excellence in the National Sanfest Competition in the both the Classical and Calypso categories, which is a feat seldom achieved by any participant.

Ealisa sings annually at “Carols by Candlelight” concert at President's Grounds for Christmas, and also does several live performances over the Christmas season at Malls and other public events. As a dedicated member of the Trebles Youth Choir, Ealisa sings at her church every other Sunday morning and performs at various public and private functions and many charity events. She is often called upon to sing the National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago at many functions.

Ealisa is a true overachiever, and besides vocal training classes, Ealisa has been a Girl Guide since age eight. She also studies Guitar, Piano, Ballroom Dance, Swimming, and most recently Ballet, each with a different coach. She has already attained grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Vocal, and grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Music Theory at Trinity Guildhall.

Ealisa graduated Valedictorian, Class of 2014, Vistabella Presbyterian School, with the award for best all round student, and the award for music. She also passed SEA for her first choice, and placed in the top 5% in the island. She now sponsors her Primary School’s graduating class award for excellence in music each year. She has since performed in two musical productions at Naparima Bowl, produced by her new secondary school, Holy Faith Convent, Penal.

Her record breaking accomplishment was representing Trinidad and Tobago at the World Championships for Performing Arts in Hollywood, California, USA, from July 8th to 20th 2014, which is the largest and most prestigious Olympic style talent competition in the world. There, she entered the maximum five categories of singing allowed, where she won silver medals in Broadway, Gospel, Pop, and World Music, and a bronze medal in the Open category. Ealisa now has the honour of becoming the youngest performer in the entire Caribbean to ever win a medal in all five categories of competition in the 21 year history of this event. While she was in Los Angeles, she performed in a charity concert hosted by the Citizens and Friends of Trinidad and Tobago, an organization which raises money to help needy children in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ealisa continues to excel academically, and was awarded the certificate for most improved student in her first term in form one of her secondary school, and came first in class in term 3. She received four awards at the end of her first year in secondary school for Music, Drama, Second place overall, and the coveted Exemplar award. In 2016 she again won the Exemplar award and again was awarded second place overall for academics and again the award for music.

In 2015, Ealisa was nominated for the National Youth Award of Trinidad and Tobago for her outstanding achievements in Music in her country. On 8th September 2015 her picture and profile was featured on the Isina music mentorship programme international website as a featured applicant, and at that time was ranked in the top 20 performers on their worldwide listing. Isina is an organization based in Hollywood, California USA.

In continuation of her record breaking and history making performances, in 2016, at thirteen years old, Ealisa became the youngest child to ever win the Scholarship for Talented Teenagers Competition (S.C.O.T.T.), in the fourteen year history of the competition, held each year at Queens Hall. She also won the prize for Best Introductory Speech. Ealisa was also part of the Vocal Trio which won the 2016 National Music Festival Trophy for Best Vocal Trio in the entire competition.

In October 2016 she played leading roles in two musical productions back to back at Naparima Bowl, the Trebles production of Pandora & Hercules, and the nine show run of the Native Caribbean Foundation production The Big Bad Musical. She again played Sydney Grimm in 2107 in The Big Bad Musical run at the National Academy for Performing Arts (NAPA). In September 2017, she played a leading role in the Trebles Musical “The best little theatre in town” at SAPA. In October, 2017, she played Mother Goose in the Native Caribbean Foundation production of Law and Order: C-rhyme and Pun-ishment, which played to sold out audiences in NAPA and SAPA for a run of nine shows over two weeks.

She competed in The Trinidad and Tobago Next Big Superstar Calypso Competition in February 2017, where she placed 4th in the Original Calypso Category and 4th in the cover calypso challenge category, and was youngest competitor in the event. In July 2017, she was awarded a Vocal Training Scholarship by Republic Bank Ltd.

Ealisa has already decided that her life and talent should be spent in service to children. Leading by example, performs at all charity events at no charge. She hopes someday to make her mark on the world through music. With her small size and big heart, she is already an inspiring citizen, of which Trinidad and Tobago can be proud.