[4] Her parents are late jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian.
[1][4] At the age of nine, she recorded her debut album, Veronica's House of Jazz (2004), featuring Richie Cole playing with her father's rhythm section.
[4] Swift earned her bachelor's degree in jazz voice in 2016 from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.
[4] Her 2015 album, Lonely Woman, includes two songs with her father at the piano and may represent the last recording by Hod O’Brien, who died in 2016.
[4][6] Following graduation, she moved to New York City, where she played Saturday nights at the Birdland jazz club.