Dalea is a Mexican-American Recording Artist, Actress and Fashion Designer for the Intimate Apparel Industry; she emerged from New York City.
Her professional pursuit as an artist began in 2008, when she downsized her corporate career in Fashion Design to focus on her life as an Artist, first in music.
She founded the now defunct Symphonic Pop band Quimera Music (2009 - 2013), her artist moniker became 'Quimera', after her band. Her first album “Love and Madness” (out of circulation) was released with the Argentinian label Twilight Records. She followed up with a self-released album titled “IMMORTAL”.
In 2013 she began pursuing a solo career and debuted simply as Dalea. While self-producing single releases, music videos and cameos in film soundtracks, Dalea began writing and recording her solo debut album titled ‘VISITOR’, released May 24, 2016 to kind nods from critics and her audience.
As an alto with a special timbre (think Alison Moyet, Tanita Tikaram, Diana Ankudinova, Macy Gray) it took nurturing to find her singing fingerprint; she feels that with her album VISITOR and fowrad, her singing voice is properly utilized.
In 2018, Dalea began acting training, her goal being to perform exclusively in roles that mean something special to her. Dalea frequently shares that her life-long love for the arts has nothing to do with seeking fame, yet everything to do with honoring her artistic inclinations. Her favorite genres are Fantasy, Science Fiction and Action.
Dalea is the producer of The Treasury of Life Series (TTOL), and La Musa Imperfecta, (TTOL's counterpart in Spanish) they are micro-films series featuring fables, poems and original writings meant to uplift and inspire. Via the TTOL she also encourages people to donate to children charities or simply to be a positive force in this world. On February 6, 2022, Dalea released the first episode of TTOL, A dream is a wish. Throughout 2022, The treasury of Life Series has been mostly narrated by Dalea; in the future she plans to feature special guests.
Dalea has a profound interest in using her public life to help underprivileged abandoned or abused children. Having had a difficult childhood herself, she deeply understands the emotional consequences of a child enduring any of the aforementioned scenarios and the importance of providing a helping hand, motivation, mental health facilitation and faith as lifelines for a child's future. This work has become a cornerstone in her life.
Dalea resides in the NYC area with her husband and their two Goldendoodles.
Learn more about The Treasury of Life: LINK
Mas Sobre La Musa Imperfecta: ENLACE
You may listen to Dalea's work in music on Spotify here: LINK
• Dalea is of mix race, her mother was Mexican/Italian and her father Basque/Mexican.
• Dalea is vegan, she has been since May, 2013.
• Dalea Biohacks her system. Dalea is on a special supplements regimen pioneered by Dr David Sinclair PHD. It is meant to hack DNA and Cells with the goal of protecting telomers and optimize DNA Methylation to induce optimum health increase longevity and create a positive divide between cells chronological and biological age. Basically cell reprogramming. For more on this, check out her blog post with links: Biohacking
• Dalea is a tall! She is 5' 10" (1.79m).
• Tall but small requires customization. For example, at her height, her watches and bracelets require resizing, her wrists are just 5 1/2" / 14cm circumference. She wears a size 4-6 but her leg inseam is 32 1/2".
• As a child/teen, Dalea lived with various family members. Her biological father was out of the picture before she was born. Her mother had emotional health issues, which prevented her from caring for Dalea full time.
• Two left hands! Dalea was an awkward, uncoordinated girl, by 12 years of age she had fully grown to her current height of 5’ 10”, it took time to get used to her height.
• Dalea contracted Rheumatic Fever as a pre-teen, nearly losing her life. When finally diagnosed with RF, she spent many weeks bed-ridden and under heavy doses of penicillin.
• Dalea was born with a Difference of Sex Development (D.S.D.), there are many forms of it, e.g. Chromosomal, Physical Patterns or both, depending on the case. Ignorance turned her childhood in to a harrowing time that she had to learn to rise above. From 2013 to 2021 she did volunteering work supporting the Hispanic community affected with D.S.Ds via the now defunct initiative GirlComet.
• Dalea's first name is Jessica, it means 'God's Messenger'. She has tended to favor Dalea because Jessica is a family name on her biological father's side and he was not in her life.
• Her voice has been featured in film music and meditation programs.
The Treasury of Life series is composed of episodes featuring short stories and texts meant to invite reflection; episodes are narrated by Dalea and soon by special guests.
The first episode ‘A Dream is A Wish’ premiered February 6, 2022.
For more information on The Treasury Of Life, click on link.
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