Selena Quintanilla

Selena Quintanilla Perez, also know as the queen of tejano music was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson Texas. She was the youngest child of Marcell and Abraham Quintanilla. Selena grew up in Corpus Cristi which has a population of 442,600 making it the eighth most popular city in Texas. Corpus Cristi has a total area of 460.2 square miles which 305.6 square miles is covered in water, its a humid subtropical climate. Growing up there she started her singing career at the age of 9 Selena's dad started a band called Selena Y Los Dinos which was her brothers, sister and selena"s band. Their first album was released in 1984. Selena was 15 in 1986 that year she also won Female vocalist of the year. When Selena first started singing a lot of people didn't think she would make it in the music world because she was a girl. I believe that's what motivated Selena to try harder and become a better singer. She went through a lot and she had to learn how to talk Spanish because her dad wanted her to sing music related to her heritage. The band was actually turned down a lot because she was the lead singer of the band and Tejano bands are usually led my male singer. Selena released five studio albums, 3 live albums she was very successful. The song "Como La Flor" was one of Selena's most popular songs. That song helped her launched her singing career. She got married in April 1992 to Chris Perez. She died on March 31, 1995 she was killed by her best friend . She was a very successful singer and till this day people still listen to her music.

School So Far

       School so far is going really good. I've made a couple of friends in some of my classes. It has been a pretty good three weeks here. I don't get lost anymore so that's good. The first two weeks I kept getting lost and not knowing where to go especially the first week. I'm taking five classes this semester, all my classes are going pretty good so far. My algebra class is the hardest because its really hard to understand my teacher I have to pay really close attention to him so I am able to understand him. Going from high school to college has been very hard for me because high school was way easier and the teachers didn't expect much from you. College has also been very stressful for me I've had more homework these three weeks of school than I ever had in high school. I'm glad I got into a study skills class that will help me prepare myself for college more. My teacher Mrs. Childers is a very good teacher and is teaching us how to take good notes and learn how to use our money and tome wisely. That class will help me be successful in college.