Jill Avilez was born in East LA, California to a Mexican Father and Jewish Mother. In her youth, she was a poet, “Triple Threat” (Actress, Dancer, Singer) and before graduating from Hollywood High School; was a locally published poet, featured dancer with Wade Robson on The Sharon Osbourne Show, an award winning actress in H.S. and represented Los Angeles, California in the World Championships of Performing Arts. 

She attended CSUN originally studying Theater and English- Creative Writing but switched to Philosophy and discovered the Jazz Department. Philosophy and Jazz was the lethal combination that led her to becoming a professional musician. She performed with many ensembles in LA but mostly fronting her band, Jill Avilez and The Love Absurd. This 12 piece Funk band were well known for their performance art dance music all over Southern California, notably at the Historic Avalon Theater and Long Beach Funk Festival. The Love Absurd released one album; “Infinite Possibilities.” Jill was also a part of Electronic Duo- Squid and Saturn with Atlantic Records Producer Paul Ian “Squid” Bailey. Squid and Saturn released 3 albums; “Squid and Saturn”, “Trinity” and “Freedom.” Jill also performed as a back up singer in Funk band Trulio Disgracias with Fishbone Bassist Norwood Fisher. Transitioning into solo performance as Mizz Absurd, she took her music career to Las Vegas, Nevada. Her unique Stand Up Bass act held a year long residency at Artisan Hotel (Now- Lexi), 2 tours to New York City, One Night Only in San Francisco and publications in Las Vegas Weekly and The Las Vegas Review Journal. Mizz Absurd released one music video “Rush” and one album; “Where’s & Why’s.” 

But Jill Avilez has always been a visual artist. Obsessed with drawing and animation as a child, her parents bought her the entire series on “How to Draw Disney Characters” which laid the foundation for her art today. She was an avid Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comic book fan but her main inspiration was Archie comics. She drew her first comic book  in elementary school called “Doogie Dooeyes.” While music became her career, art was her hobby. She drew majority of the fliers for her performances and all the album art, complete with song lyrics for The Love Absurd’s album “Infinite Possibilities.” 

Vato Bunny brings Jill Avilez back to her childhood roots; growing up in East LA, drawing and still loving bunnies. The inspiration for Vato Bunny comes from the pastime of watching Cheech Marin’s “Born in East LA” film with her father. Jill is mixed nationality; her father, Mexican and her mother, Jewish makes her… “Jewxican.” Her father never taught her Spanish, so she only learned Spanglish and slang growing up. The characters from Easter LA are inspired from the many different colorful friendships she’s had throughout her life. Jill Avilez is aiming to showcase comedic “Hispanglish” culture and a representation for bunny lovers into the comic book industry with The Adventures of Vato Bunny.