She has two brothers: Chaz who is 10 and Nigel who is 19.

Interesting facts:

1- In 6th grade Mya practiced for an audition to sing. If she practiced in the house, her brother would tell her to shut up. So she'd practice outside behind the bushes!

2- She chickened out and never made it to the audition.

3- Mya co-produced and co-wrote her first album, which went double-platinum

4- Top 5 tunes: "It's All About Me", "Movin' On", "Take Me There", "Ghetto Supastar", and "My First Night With You".

5- Mya participated in ballet, tap, dancing, pom-pom squad, orchestra, and baton twirling.

6- Mya used to hate performing when she was younger.

7- Mya quit everything at the age of 10.

8- Mya's father wanted her to be a surgeon, but her mom told her to do what she loved---which was sing.

9- At 14, she asked her mother to listen to her sing.

10- Her father set up a meeting with the President of University Music Entertainment through someone he knew.

11- Mya performed a Jackson 5 song called "Who's Lovin' You".

12- When Mya was 17, she spotted the guy she was dating with 5 different girls.

13- Mya's first album was all about doing things for the first time, and the impact it has on you.

14- Mya's first movie is entitled "In Too Deep" and will be out later this year.

15- Mya designs her own clothes.

16- Mya designed the white dress she wears in the "My First Night With You" video.

17- Quote from YM Magazine: "I'm always going to be singing---I don't think I could ever get tired of it. I like to make other people have a good time".

18- Mya has a guitar and enjoys playing it in her spare time

19- She is currently hotel-hopping and only visits her home in Maryland about once a month

20- She travels with a top-secret journal and her concert and lyric books. She does a lot of writing on the road.

thanks to YM magazine for [most of] this info.