Born and raised in South Korea,  Xia started singing at her church choir at an early age.  After elementary school, her family emigrated to the U.S.   Xia attended University
of California, Santa Barbara and majored in Film Studies.

At a campus jazz performance, she met Vernon Martin.  Martin, a bass player, had played with the legendary Roland Kirk, and he asked her to sing with him at a
Santa Barbara Jazz Festival.

Following that performance, she fronted several local jazz bands.   Moving to Los Angeles after getting her B.A., Xia began writing and recording her own lyrics and music.

In her song writing class at UCLA Extensions taught
by David Batteau, she met her producer Double R
and they teamed up to write and record her first
album, Intimate.