Sarah Hayley Orrantia was born an only child in Arlington, Texas on February 21, 1994, and grew up in nearby Grand Prairie and Highland Village. She is of English, French, Irish, and Mexican descent. She attended public school from elementary to middle school in her hometown of Highland Village. She then attended Marcus High School in nearby Flower Mound until her junior year when she decided to become homeschooled to pursue her music and acting training. In high school she joined the musical theatre program, providing her with her first taste of acting.[citation needed]\n', '

Orrantia began singing at the age of nine and began professionally training at the age of 12. She wrote her first song at 13 and by age 14 had recorded her first EP of cover songs. That same year, she began writing with songwriter Jamie Houston who at the time was best known for writing hits for the three of the Disney High School Musical movies. Orrantia recorded the vocals to Houston\'s "Magic of a Friend" which was on Disney\'s Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure soundtrack in 2010. Later that year, Orrantia sang background vocals for Demi Lovato on Disney\'s Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam soundtrack and background vocals for Miley Cyrus on Disney\'s Hannah Montana Forever soundtrack.\n', '

Her first acting role was at age 17 on a Sprint commercial in 2011. She was cast in the independent film Cooper and the Castle Hills Gang, which premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival.\n', '

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