Lani Renaldo

Student and Musician in Los Angeles, California

Lani Renaldo

Student and Musician in Los Angeles, California

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Not too many teens can say they’ve attended Harvard. Lani Renaldo can.

Journalist, musician, and actress, as a student of popular culture, Lani lives for music and blogs on the music world, entertainment and social justice for HuffPost Teen and sites like PopWrapped. Comfortable in front of the camera as well as at the computer, at 19, Lani Renaldo has been featured for her work on The Doctors, Good Morning America, and on websites like TheGloss.

Musically, Lani is a singer-songwriter and performs all over the Los Angeles area, recently headlining at AMPLYFI in Hollywood. A Grammy Camp alumnus, Lani was picked out of 2000 students in 2012 to be a part of GRAMMY Camp New York. Lani was also a finalist in the 2014 Interscope Intern with Zedd competition. She released Quiet Hours, her debut acoustic EP in 2014 and is currently working on her upcoming EP to be released in 2015.

A community activist and arts advocate, Lani is very engaged in supporting children and teens, providing her time to outreaches like Teen Line and Camp Ronald McDonald. As an actress, she has appeared in numerous plays, music videos, and co-directed children's theater.

Lani Renaldo is currently a junior at the University of Southern California and a member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

  • Education
    • University of Southern California