Gina Vega, originally from Venezuela, is a graduate student of Chistina Jennings at The University of Colorado. Mrs. Vega began playing the flute when she was 10 years old with the Puerto La Cruz Youth Symphony Orchestra. When she decided to make music her career she moved to Caracas to pursue her Bachelor degree in Flute Performance from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales in Caracas, as a student of Jose Garcia. There she received the "Prize for Academic Excellence" for her outstanding achievement. In 2003 she moved to the United States to pursue her Master in Arts degree at the University of Iowa with the renowned flutist Robert Dick, receiving a full tuition scholarship.

While living in her home country she was principal flutist with the Jose Antonio Anzoategui Symphony Orchestra, touring with the ensemble to Colombia and Spain. Also, Mrs Vega was a founding member of the Venezuelan National Flute Orchestra and performed with the group in the National Flute Associtation (NFA) Convention in Chicago in 1997. Other orchestras include the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Symphony and Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestras in Venezuela, the Mahler Festival Orchestra in Boulder, and the Ottumwa Philharmonic in Iowa. She has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras in Venezuela and Colombia. In 2006 Mrs. Vega was a Guest Artist at the Second Venezuelan Flute Festival, where she gave private lessons, master classes and performed.

Among other prizes Mrs. Vega won second prize at the First Yamaha Flute Competition in Caracas in 2002, was finalist at the All University Concerto and Aria Competition at the University of Iowa in 2003, was Silver Medalist at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in 2006, and was a First Prize winner at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition in 2007. She has participated in Masterclasses with internationally renowned flutists as Michel Debost, William Bennett, and James Galway. Her past professors include Alexa Still, Tadeu Coelho and Luis Julio Toro.