Carissa Alvarado, Member of the husband and wife duo known as Us the Duo along with her spouse Michael Alvarado. They became instant sensations via the video platforms YouTube and Vine. She was a solo artist initially. She met Michael randomly before bursting onto the scene as a duo. She and Michael post to YouTube on the channel MichaelAlvaradoMusic, which surpassed 1.4 million subscribers in February 2016. Their Vine account has earned over 4 million followers. She is a Filipino-American who was born and raised in Southern California. She and Thompson Square singer Shawna Thompson both became members of husband and wife singing duos. ^[1]