Laura de Carvalho Rizzotto is a Latvian-brazilian singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. She began her musical training at a young age, studying classical piano, and later pursued formal studies in music in the United States. She released her debut studio album Made In Rio through Universal Music Brazil in 2011, following early professional experience as a teenage singer-songwriter in Rio de Janeiro and a recording contract with the same label. In 2014, Rizzotto independently released her second studio album Reason to Stay. She later studied at Berklee College of Music, the California Institute of the Arts and Columbia University. In 2018, she represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Funny Girl."