[12] She has worked and toured with other CCM artists such as Chris Tomlin,[13] Tenth Avenue North, Matt Maher and Jars of Clay.

[16][17][18] At 19, she briefly attended college and supported herself with odd jobs while beginning her musical career, writing and composing songs for the first time.

Venues ranged from restaurants, weddings, and coffee shops to leading and organizing worship concerts at church.

[7][19] In 2003, Assad recorded a four-song demo[16] with Drew Middleton, a member of the CCM band Tenth Avenue North at the time.

[7][20] In Nashville, she worked with producers Paul Moak and Phillip LaRue and recorded a five-song EP, Firefly, which sold at shows and featured a handwritten cover made of a brown paper bag.

Maher took Assad under his wing and brought her to various gigs, where she sang back-up vocals and played sets during his shows.

The time they spent together around Maher's home base of Phoenix, Arizona, would later prompt Assad to move there from Nashville.

[30] In early 2018, her next album, Evergreen, became available for pre-order via PledgeMusic, with 5 percent of campaign proceeds going towards Preemptive Love Coalition.

In 2010, her style of music was a mix of religious and non-religious themed songs that draw from her Catholic faith as well as from her love of literature and poetry.

[37] Assad met her future husband in Arizona while on tour with Matt Maher in 2008; the couple married on February 19, 2011, in Phoenix.

[40] Assad has spoken in public (including in her concerts)[41] about her past addiction to pornography and masturbation, while recommending "confession, accountability and counseling" to overcome them.