== Early life ==
Ruso was born in Santa Cruz, California, and grew up in California and Arizona, attending High school in Culver City, California, her interest in writing music began as a child, evaluating situations which arose in her life and responding in lyric, this interest evolved from singing for church functions to paid wedding performances. Working her way through her Bachelor of Science in Social Cultural Anthropology, at [[Wikipedia:Santa Clara University:|Santa Clara University]] Ruso was finding work as a backup singer for contemporary artists and doing advertising jingles. Upon graduation, also worked as a teacher in Los Angeles and has completed post-graduate coursework in Elementary and Secondary Education, at [[Wikipedia:UCLA|UCLA]], and collegiate level voice coursework in Vienna, Austria. [https://www.last.fm/music/Lori+Ruso/+wiki]
== Career ==