[2] Marstrand started to study and practice meditation when she was 16, and had the opportunity to spend time at Bokar Monastery in India, as well as the chance to visit Bodhgaya and Dharamshala.

In November 2008, she released her debut album, Bodega Rose, a contemplative, acoustic work that includes accompaniment by renowned musician and composer, Karl Berger.

[1] The album, in addition to eleven original tracks, also includes a cover song, a sparse, down-tempo version of Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson's collaboration, "Say Say Say".

During the heights of 2011 Tunisian Revolution which toppled the president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, she had released her slow interpretation of the national anthem of Tunisia – Humat al-Hima with positive response.

[7] The result is ten songs that mark her debut as a producer, already have been called "an unusually gifted singer and composer," according to Michael Erlewine, founder of AllMusic.