as a high school freshman, cecilia started her first project, the cheats . based out of drummer and co-writer kirk podell’s parents’ los feliz garage, they frequented the hollywood knitting factory and various diy venues opening for punk acts like dr. know and the dickies throughout 2004-2006. fresh out of high school, della peruti was asked to perform on rumspringa’s debut full length album, ‘sway’ leading to a full time guitarist and vocalist position in the band from 2009-2011. della peruti began working professionally as a featured commercial talent and voice actor, and performed on hit record tv with joseph gordon levitt, google’s pixel campaign directed by autumn de wilde, gucci’s myspace campaign, us bank tour series, pure gear and more.