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Catherine Ochoa, known professionally asCáthia is aSalvadoran American singer^[when?] fromBronx, New York.

She rose to fame when she came in 13–16th place on thefourth season of the American version of reality television singing competitionThe Voice.^[1]

Cáthia released her first single "Without You" 47 days after her elimination onThe Voice on June 24, 2013. Cáthia was the second Salvadoran American to participate on The Voice, after Adriana Louise who was onseason three. Cáthia later participated in a reality television singing competition called "Yo Soy El Artista" (I Am The Artist) onTelemundo, where Cathia achieved a fourth-place finish, becoming the second Salvadoran American ever to advance to the final stages of a Telemundo singing competition production afterAllison Iraheta.

Cáthia was born inThe Bronx in New York City to parents who immigrated fromEl Salvador. She attended high school atFiorello H. LaGuardia High School, in New York City'sManhattan borough, where she was a vocal major and trained in opera, musical theater and learned how to play the piano as a teenager.^[2] As a senior in high school, she competed^[when?] in theApollo Theater Amateur Night, advancing to the semi-finals.

Cáthia auditioned forThe Voice earning a three-chair turn fromShakira,Usher andBlake Shelton. She chose Shakira as her coach. In the battle round, Cáthia lost to Mary Miranda but was stolen by Usher. She advanced through the knockouts beating Ryan Innes. In the Top 16 Cáthia was eliminated. She performed twice in the finale – first withJudith Hill,Sasha Allen and Karina Iglesias;^[3] then withMichelle Chamuel,Josiah Hawley and VEDO.^[4]

In 2014, Cáthia competed on Telemundo's "Yo Soy El Artista", advancing to the final round and placing in the Top 5 of the competition. While on the show she worked with artists like Luis Fonsi and Olga Tañon, training in voice, dance and acting. From there, she went on to work on her EPVolar, debuting the title track single and video on Telemundo's "Al Rojo Vivo".

In 2017, Cáthia joined Prince Royce's band as part of the "FIVE" Tour, and remained the sole background vocalist in his band for over 2.5 years, touring the U.S., Europe and Latin America. She worked as a background and session vocalist for other artists like Luis Fonsi and Jennifer Lopez during this time, while releasing her EP "No Me Conoces" in 2018, a single "Bet It All" in 2019, and "De Una" in 2020, that same year, she sang backup forJennifer Lopez onDick Clark's New Year's Rocking Eve 2021.

  – Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes

She citesWhitney Houston,Selena Quintanilla,Christina Aguilera andMariah Carey as some of her vocal inspirations in her earlier years.

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