Lights (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner) is a Juno Award-winning singer and songwriter.
Valerie Anne Poxleitner spent her childhood in many parts of the world. She lived in the Philippines and Jamaica during her elementary school years. In 1997 the family moved back to Canada, and nine-year-old Lights immediately got her hands on a guitar.
She studied at Chesley High School.