Mari Burelle-Valencia (born April 4, 1985, as Mari Jacqueline Burelle), who goes by the stage name stylized as MARi, is an American Christian musician and pianist, who primarily plays a style of Christian EDM.
She was born Mari Jacqueline Burelle[1] on April 4,[2][3] 1985, in Boston[4] while she moved to Queens, New York, in 2002, and was raised by adoptive parents, while she started playing the piano when she was young.
[5] She is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent.
[4] Her music recording career started in 2016, with the studio album, Treasure,[6] that was released on May 27, 2016,[7] from Elevate Entertainment.
[8] MARi would later represent New Hampshire in the American Song Contest, qualifying for the semi-finals on a public vote before being eliminated at this stage.