Born in Amsterdam, this Dutch-Antilliean had dreams of becoming an actress since she was 7 years old. She made her dreams reality at the age of 20. After a successful acting career, Faya decided to start making music. Her brother Arjuna Schiks, who already was a successful producer at the time, showed her the ins and outs of the trade. It didn’t take long before tracks were being released on Gregor Salto’s, Kryder’s and Showtek’s labels and soon Faya was receiving major support from International DJ’s. At the moment, Faya is one of the most booked female DJ’s within the Benelux. After two big releases on SKINK with the track Rock the house and Sosumi with Hold me close. Her track “Squat” which is released on Sony Music has already accumulated over 11.000.000 Spotify and 3.500.000 YouTube streams and has even been awarded with a Golden Record.