Time to Shine: Jacob Velazquez & Ashley Marina

Ashley Marina, a multifaceted young talent from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, this singer-songwriter’s appearance on America’s Got Talent Season 15 has garnered 100+ million views across digital platforms and on YouTube trended at #5 worldwide. Ashley has 15 original songs to date including three #1 singles1 in "You’ll Always Be My Hero", "Move a Mountain"and “Trust Somebody”. Her accolades include being named as a2021 She Wolf Radio Ones 2 Watch Future Star, 2020 MÓB Radio Artist of the Year worldwide, TalentWatch Dream NightChampion, National Talent America Tri Star Award Winner andtwo-time Williams SING-OFF Finalist. She has been featuredon television shows such as CBS Pittsburgh New Year’s Eve Highmark First Night, KDKA’s Pittsburgh Today Live and WPXI’s See & Be Seen and in many media outlets like the Huffington Post, Billboard, ET Canada, iHeart Radio, FRUDY, Super Power Kids, EXTRA ORDINARY KIDS and Stars 2 come. She has performed on stages such as “Christmas with Chris Jamison, NBC’s The Voice Finalist”, Opry Mills Nashville, D2D Destiny Foundation “We Are The World” Mini Concert, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Harlem Globetrotters World Tour halftime show, opening ceremony for the world’s 1st BRICK makerspace by LEGO, CMA Fest Nashville Spotlight Showcase, WPXI Holiday Parade and is a regular National Anthem singer for professional sporting events including Major League Baseball, USL Professional Soccer, West Virginia Derby, and Championship Boxing. Ashley's other talents include instruments (piano, ukulele, and guitar), dancing (Abby Lee Dance Company and Millennium Dance Complex), acting, and modeling. As an actress she was cast as Young Anna in Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center's production of Disney's "Frozen" and appeared in the Netflix Series “Mindhunter” and Sony Pictures “Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story”. Ashley is a High Honor Roll student at the #1 rated performing arts school in Western Pennsylvania and a member of the National Honor Society. Follow Ashley on her official website www.IamAshleyMarina.com and @IamAshleyMarina on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube.

Jacob Velazquez is a thirteen year-old musician and songwriter with PDDNOS (a form of autism similar to Asperger Syndrome). He began playing  piano at the tender age of four, and by five years old was performing on media outlets such as Good Morning America and The View. Jacob taught himself to play drums by watching youtube when he was just eight years old.  His other national television appearances include CNN, HLN, CBS News, PBS - Kids Stew, Telemundo, The Steve Harvey Show, The Harry Connick Jr. Show and most recently he was a contestant on season 15 of America’s Got Talent, where his audition reached over 76 million views on Facebook alone.  He made his debut with The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at just eight years old and has since headlined many orchestras along with performing solo concerts in the United States and abroad. Jacob has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity with organizations like Autism Speaks, The Friendship Circle, Big Brothers and Big Sisters and St. Jude Children’s Hospital & IRIE Foundation.