Famous Latinx Birthdays

Photo (of Suzette, left, and sister Selena) from hiplatina.com. Click HERE .  ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Suzette Quintanilla! (1967- ) Best known as the sister of the late Latina superstar Selena , Suzette Quintanilla is an award-winning musician as well. She played drums for Selena y Los Dinos . The band released more than a half dozen albums and won many awards before Selena's tragic death in 1995. In 2017 she spoke about her family's life, including how she began playing drums at a time when many girls didn't, with Google after Google launched a Google Doodle celebrating Selena's life (click HERE for the full interview). For resources for teaching Spanish, Level 1 through AP, CLICK HERE.

Photo from vibe.com article announcing ABC's just announced television series (January 2018) inspired by the life of Selena. Click HERE .  ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Selena Quintanilla-Pérez! (1971-1993) "The Queen of Tejano Music" who paved the way for success by artists such as Shakira, Ricky Martin, and Jennifer Lopez (who played Selena in the 1997 movie about her life), Selena still inspires devotion from fans around the world. April 16th is "Selena Day" in Texas (as declared by Texas Governor George W. Bush two weeks after her death) and marked annually with a two-day music festival, La Fiesta del Flor , in Corpus Christi, Texas. Selena, who is Mexican-American, was born in Lake Jackson, Texas in 1971 and grew up speaking English as her first language. She started singing in her father's Tex-Mex restaurant, Papa Gayo's, when she was only eight years old alongside her brother, Abraham III (playing bass guitar), and her sister, Suzette (playing dru...