Inspirational Singer Selena Quintanilla Perez

Selena Quintanilla was a very famous singer she was called “mexican madonna” , and “queen of tejano music” her dad said he saw she had the voice to become a singer at the age of six. She was the lead singer in her family band at the age of ten.

She was born on April 16, 1971. Her dads name was Abraham Quintanilla, her mother's name was Marcella Samora, she had a sister named Suzette Quintanilla, she also had a brother named A.B. Quintanilla lll. Selena was the youngest child. She grew up speaking English but her dad taught her how to sing in spanish.Her dad took her out of school in 8th grade because she needed to be more functional with her schedule because she was becoming a famous singer and going on tours the teachers had thrented her dad to report him too texas board of education. She received high school diploma at 17 from American school of correspondence in chicago and was also accepted at louisiana state university.

Selena's sister Suzette found Chris and selena flirting right away told her dad her dad took Chris off the bus and told him his relationship with selena was over he then later on fired Chris and told Selena to go with Chris if she wanted to be together with him . In April,1992 she married Chris Perez even though her dad said he could ruin her image and did not approve their relationship but later on in the marriage he accepted it and learned to love his son in law. She was often criticized in the 1980s and was often refused bookings at venues across Texas for performing tejano music a male dominated music genre. She won the female vocalist award in 1987. She was also very active in her community and donated her time to civic causes.

I choose Selena as my person because she showed to not give up no matter what and to do what makes your happy. She died in Corpus Christi at the age of 23 March 31, 1995 from a homicide and sadly passed away from a ballistic trauma

right before she almost made it to the doors of the hotel to get help . She was buried at Corpus Christi . She was honored by a star on the Hollywood walk of fame November 3, Mayor Erie then proclaimed “Selena day” in Los Angeles, her life story became a movie. Selena's family and her former band, los Dino's held a tribute convert concert on April ,7, 2005 a week after the 10th anniversary of her death.          

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