简介：BorninNassau,TheBahamas,Brettinabegansingingattheageof5yearsold,undertheinfluenceofhergospelsingermother,LeonaCoakleySpringandUncles,TheoandKirkCoakleyofthebandTConnection.Asatoddler,BrettinaandhermotherrelocatedtotheUnitedStates,returningtotheBahamasduringherschoolyearswhereshewonthe'MissTalentedTeen'competition,earningherascholarshiptotheUniversityofWashingtonandamovebacktotheU.S.Thecontinuousstruggletolearn,andfitinto,twoverydistinctcultureshasshapedhermusicandhashelpedhertoevolveintotheartistsheistoday.