Gina Chavez, born May 24, 1982, in Austin, Texas, is an American bilingual Latin‑folk singer who began performing in 2004 and released her debut independent album Hanging Spoons in 2007. After a live EP, Live at the Good Music Club, in 2014, she funded her first studio album, Up.Rooted, via Kickstarter, exceeding its $10 000 goal by raising $20 000, and released it on digital music platforms, with physical copies on CD Baby. She received the title of Austin Musician of the Year (Female Vocalist) in 2013 and 2018 and has won multiple Austin Music Awards. Her single "Siete‑D" addressed gang violence in Central America, and in 2016, she toured solo and with a six‑member band across the United States.