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Pianist, singer and composer Prisca began studying music under the tutoring of María Luisa Stopello at the age of five.  By the age of eight, She had published her book of poetry.  In the year 2001, she became a “Piano Performer Professor” under the teachings of María Auxiliadora Díaz.  Later on, she studied contemporary harmony, improvisation and jazz with Gerry Weil, a living legend. She also attended the jazz workshops taught by Gonzalo Micó and Olegario Díaz two of the outmost Venezuela’s music teachers. 
She obtained the degree of “Lyric Singing Performer Professor” in 2004 under the tutoring of Flor García and Rubén Malnéz.  Soon after, she went into popular singing and vocal improvisation with Cesar Muñoz and Marisela Leal.  She still continues studying with the later one. 
In the year 2002, she was awarded with the “Honorific Mention for the Best Merengue Interpretation” in the First Venezuelan Piano Contest. Prisca is also a History Major from Universidad Central de Venezuela, class of 2004, where her thesis, “The Pianistic Movement in Caracas 1870-1920”, received Honorific Mention and Recommendation for Publication.   
Prisca’s musical language is based on the fusion of jazz, classical and Venezuelan music.  Her three recordings to date: Piano Jazz Venezolano (2003), Estoy Aquí (2005)
and Piano En Canto Venezolano (2007), have been praised by some of the outmost Venezuelan musicians, including: Ilan Chester, Aldemaro Romero, Guiomar Narváez, Carlos Morean and Otmaro Ruíz. 
Prisca has performed in some of the most prestigious halls both locally and abroad.  She represented Venezuela in the ¨World Culture Open 2004¨ in Seoul, Korea. That year, she was the opening act for world acclaimed Spanish singer Raphael at Teresa Carreño Theater where she was also invited to perform alongside the infamous Gilberto Santa Rosa during his concerts in 2006.  
She has also performed at L'Aula Auditorium and at the jazz Jamboree Hall in Barcelona, Spain.  In April 2007, she was invited to perform at Espace Julián Concert Hall and at Club Pele Mele in Marseille, France. In june and july, she played concerts in Musica do pan festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and  Casa de teatro jazz fest in Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.


   
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