(By Chelsea Brown)

One Ahwatukee Foothills teenager was recently signed to a major record label and is having her pop music dreams become a reality.

Anna Iannitelli, who goes by her stage name, Avery, is a 15-year-old singer, songwriter well on her way to having a major musical career. Earlier this month Iannitelli signed with Universal Records, a deal that came fairly quickly after she was discovered around a year-and-a-half ago.

She got her start in music locally, performing at the Ahwatukee Children's Theater, 5051 E. Elliot Road. Her father, Claudio Iannitelli, said the theater is where she...