Sara Illsley started singing before she could talk.

Her artistic journey started in Mexico in 1989 as a cultural promoter for children and in 1990 as a professional singer and performer.

She was trained classically at the Escuela Nacional de Música of the UNAM in Mexico. Her teacher was the renowned baritone Roberto Bañuelas.

Illsley sang with children’s music groups for many years, and traveled around most of Mexico, performing in some of the best-known theaters as well as in plazas of remote towns.

For many years, she combined her singing career with her knowledge of cultural affairs and worked to bring art and culture throughout Mexico City.

She created one of the biggest catalogs of children’s music, which was distributed to the libraries of the Secretary of Education in Mexico.

One of the songs recorded by Illsley was used in a commercial by a presidential candidate as part of his national TV campaign during the 1990s.

Illsley recorded the music of Francisco Gabilondo Soler, known as ‘Cri Cri,’ in a DVD that has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide.

Illsley now lives in the U.S. with her husband, teenage son and adult daughter. Her singing is an invitation to connect people and cultures through music. The language of her heart is Spanish; and as she sings in her native tongue, she connects heart-to-heart with her audience. Her mission is to use music to create bridges that unite cultures and people.