Kison began voice lessons at the age of eight. She was selected as part of a Minnesota Grants project to become classically trained under the direction of soprano, Maria Williams-Kennedy at the Bel Canto Studio of Voice. Ms. Williams-Kennedy has performed in numerous roles with the Indiana University Opera Theater, Arizona Opera, Indianapolis Symphony and Metropolitan Theater of Opera in New York City. One day Ms. Williams-Kennedy put on an Etta James song and told Kison to sing along. “It came easy to me,” Kison said, “It’s what I was supposed to be singing. It’s what was in my soul. God put this music in me for a reason and day by day I am seeing the purpose."