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Ana Laura Chávez (born February 18, 1986 in Brownsville, Texas, United States) is an American singer of Christian pop music. She released a self-titled debut album in 2006 and had two hit singles on Christian radio, ("Water" and "Completely"). She also contributed to the Christmas compilation Come Let Us Adore Him. Ana Laura describes herself as a walking contradiction: at one moment self-assured then skittish, quiet then projecting volume, grounded in reality then expressing whimsical ideas. "Where I grew up, you have the Americanized view and the Mexicanized view. I love America, but I also love my Mexican culture. Pop culture has become slang. I'd like to see it have a little more class, a little more cultured. It's become weird to be good and sweet and nice and proper, and I'd like to see that brought back." The richness of culture and beauty Ana Laura wishes for in everyone's life manifests itself from the very first track of her Reunion debut, a song titled "If You Ever Fall" that opens with lush string arrangements not often heard within the realm of today's pop music, framing Ana Laura's powerful, expressive voice elegantly. The opener gently rolls out one of the album's primary themes, the everyday falling we experience as human beings and the ultimate hope of being lifted into God's comforting embrace. It's one of a number of themes Ana Laura says appear throughout the record, drawn from her experiences growing up and captured through the work of songwriters su