El veintisiete de mayo/May 27th

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Photo from Facebook. 
¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Paulina Holguín! (1991-      )

A Mexican singer and actress who got her start with Disney Channel Latin America, Holguín is now part of the duo Pau y Davo with her younger brother David Holguín (click HERE to see the video for their song Para estar contigo). Born in Hermosillo, in Sonora, Mexico, Holguín is the only girl of her parents' four children. She began acting at age 11, and at age 15 she was in High School Musical: El Desafío, which aired through all of Latin America (click HERE to see her sing Eres la música en mí). She has also been the host of Disney Planet and Zapping Zone, as well as one of the stars of the Disney show Highway, which led to her accompanying the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, and Selena Gomez on parts of their world tours.

For resources for teaching Spanish, Level 1 through AP, CLICK HERE.

Other May 27th birthdays of note:

Jaime Lusinchi (1924-2014): A physician who became President of Venezuela from 1984-1989, he was born in 1924 to a single mother (his father abandoned the family) who was an immigrant from Italy. He was friends with Chilean President Salvador Allende (Allende, also a physician, was president of Chile from 1970 until he was deposed in a coup d'etat in 1973).

Roberto Soldado (1985-      ): A soccer player from Valencia, Spain. He started playing with the Real Madrid youth program when he was 15. In 2012 he led La Liga in goals.

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