Sofia Valdes is feeling fortunate…

The 20-year-old Panamanian singer/songwriter is stepping into the music spotlight with her debut EP Ventura.

Home to six songs, Ventura is a 19-minute-long production that shines a spotlight on Valdes’ dreamy musical proposal: soulful, folky, chill, sincere, and bilingual.

As the great-granddaughter of Cuban musician Miguelito Valdés and great-great-granddaughter of Panamanian singer Silvia De Grasse, Valdes is a well-rounded artist, penning and co-producing her own music.

The Latinx newcomer says the album was born in between high school and her college dorm room.

“‘Ventura’ means ‘good luck and good fortune’ in Spanish,” she expressed. “While I was going through certain situations, I was writing about how I felt like it was the worst thing that could’ve happened to me at the time. But now, I see it as feelings that brought me to these songs which ended up changing my life for the better.”