[1] Rey was born in Acapulco, Mexico but grew up in Arlington and Dallas, Texas,[2] the youngest of five children in the family.

Her mother, Juana-Amparo Jurado, was a Flamenco dancer, and her father, Alejandro Reymundo, was a cliff diver.

[4] As a teenager, Rey was the lead vocalist in Debutante,[5] an all-female rock band in Arlington.

[4] The group's debut album, Acaba,[7] had one top-five and two top-twenty singles, according to Radio y Musica magazine.

Due to corporate consolidation, Rey found herself in label limbo and for three years her album wasn't released but neither could she exit her deal.

[6] In 1998, actor Edward James Olmos heard Rey sing and recommended her for a principal role in the bound-for-Broadway musical Selena Forever.

[14][15] A year later, Organica launched Rey's original dance single EP called Habit (Remixes), which debuted at No.

[11] At the end of 2011, Rey's song "Let The Rain", which she co-wrote with John Oates, remained on the charts for 21 weeks, peaking at No.

[11] In 2011, Rey released a Christmas EP, This Holiday Night, which appeared in the Top 20 of the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.

[29] She performed at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel at a one-night event benefiting the Noreen Fraser Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises funds for women's cancer research.