Salvadoran-American mezzo-soprano Karina Buruca-Kunda is a native of Dallas. She earned her bachelor’s degree in music education from Dallas Baptist University and both a master’s degree and performer’s diploma in voice performance from Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts. She recently performed the title role in SMU’s production of The Rape of Lucretia and has sung with such programs as Lyric Opera Studio Weimar in Germany and La Musica Lirica in Italy.