Jessica Sanchez is an American child singer of Mexican and Filipino heritage from Southern California.
Jessica started singing at the age of 2, basically teaching herself to sing with a talented ear for music.
Sanchez is most notable for her wild card appearance on the first season of America's Got Talent on NBC.. Later that year, Jessica gained additional nationwide exposure as she was featured on the syndicated television show Showtime at the Apollo singing Aretha Franklin's "Respect", hosted at that time by Whoopi Goldberg.