Born in Cebu City. Parents: Manny & Sheila Cabase. Began her musical career at the age of five, singing her father's compositions & her mother's lyrics in the Visayan movies subsequently starring in her own films as a child star. Her career blossomed & took her to Manila where her television, stage, recording & film career began & flourished.

Dubbed the 'Jukebox Queen'(because Jukeboxes were filled with her hit singles)in the Philippines, she sought more challenges & went on concert tours in Asia & the Pacific, and eventually the US Mainland - juggling appearances at The Fairmont Hotels in San Francisco and Dallas & in her own Magazine TV-Variety show "Amapola Presents" in San Francisco KEMO-TV for eight years.

Scaling the heights of her musical career took her around the world - inland and at sea as headliner onboard some of the world's most luxurious ships.