Born in Atlanta with a rebel’s heart, Los Angeles based singer, songwriter, and musician Arima Ederra has been catching songs like fireflies since she was five years old. A first born daughter to Ethiopian refugees who would eventually settle in Las Vegas, shortly after birth. The seeds that would lay the foundation of Arima’s career were first sown in the back of an Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It was here where she witnessed how mezmur, Ethiopian spiritual music, touched and transformed people. She remembers spending time after school with her father in a small community center where she would get lost in reading and writing— more tools for transformation that would shape Arima’s life and musical journey. Following high school, Arima began an open mic night with friends. It became a testing ground for the first songs she’d written and created a space for feedback and collaboration among peers.