Originally from New York, Cindi has been performing in both theater and cabaret since she was seventeen years old. Her professional career as a singer began in 1986 after taking 1st Place in the MN State Fair Talent Competition and the State champion at the Rhunestone Music Festival. The same year she was awarded a close second to Lori Line’s gospel singer Robert Robinson in a coast-to-coast “Singer’s Challenge” by Pioneer.
Locally over the years she has been seen performing as the featured vocalist at the hottest venues in Minneapolis including The Dakota, Nicollet Island Inn, the Marq VII Lounge and Windows on Minnesota Restaurant at the Marquette Hotel in downtown Mpls.