Anaysha Figueroa-Cooper likes to tell the story of her first encounter with music. It takes place, like most special moments in her life, at the New Life Tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York.

Her older sister, Timiney, had been singing right before her father, Bishop Eric Figueroa, started preaching. The familiar sound awoke Anaysha, who was asleep on her grandmother’s lap.

“I woke up and I told my grandmother, ‘How come my daddy never asks me to sing?’ And my grandmother got my dad’s attention and she said, ‘Anaysha wants to sing; you never let her sing.’ I guess they’d heard me sing around the house, but they thought I’d be afraid to do it in front of people.

I remember I got up and me and my sister sang a song called ‘I’ve Decided to Make Jesus My Choice.’ I was two years old and I pretty much have not looked back since then.”

Since that unforgettable moment, Anaysha has dedicated her life to worship, sharing her gift and creating atmospheres where lives are transformed and God is glorified.