Pilar was born into a family of American expatriates who lived in Cuernavaca. During her childhood, she lived in Los Angeles, Cuernevaca, Mexico City and Guadalajara. At the age of fifteen, she left home and moved to San Francisco, where she began her career as a professional singer/flautist at the Renaissance Faire and local jazz clubs.

Pilar has attracted a large and devoted following and has performed at many of the Bay Area's best-known venues, including The Great American Music Hall, The Plush Room, Sweetwater, Larkspur Cafe Theatre, Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, and the Mondavi Wine Festival.

Pilar's musical style reveals R & B, Jazz, Pop, and Latin influences. Whether she's singing one of her original songs or making a jazz or pop standard her own, Pilar is an electrifying performer and a superb vocalist who, according to an industry veteran, ''can take any word, phrase, sentence and evoke emotion through her interpretation.'' Distinguished by her authenticity and depth, Pilar has been praised on JazzWest.com for her "full and sensuous voice" and crowned "the High Priestess of Love" by the Pacific Sun.

FIERCE JOY, Pilar's first CD, features a dozen love songs culled from the nearly one hundred copyrighted songs she has written, many with long-time songwriting partner Michael Hatfield. ''With a strong Latin influence and easy, lusty grooves,'' enthuses a reviewer, ''this CD of primarily love songs is sure to be strong in the smooth jazz market, as well as a great gift idea for a romantic partner."

On her LAVENDER CD, Pilar sings fifteen of her favorite jazz/ pop standards in an intimate, live performance with guitarist John Hoy. LAVENDER was superbly engineered by the legendary Fred Catero, who has recorded such renowned vocalists as Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, and Cleo Laine. Catero calls Pilar ''one of the best singers we have today.''

Pilar's children's CD, RAINBOW OF FRIENDS -- another collaboration with Michael Hatfield -- is a collection of intelligent, fun loving songs for children of all ages.

Pilar is also a master voice teacher whose singing workshops draw both professionals and amateurs who want to connect authentically, beautifully, and powerfully with their audiences.