Known as April Millo while attending Hollywood High School in mid 1970's. In her final year, April performed the featured roll in the Hollywood High School Spring 1976 musical presentation " Hello Dolly". April added the "e" at the end of her name after graduation. During the school day, April would locate herself in the basement corridor of the main office/class building as her voice rehearsal hide-out. Practicing her opera repertoire, the counselors and basement class room instructors constantly had to silence April because of her disturbance of showing off her talents for attention.