"Selena Quintanilla's music career began at the age of nine when she started singing in her family's band. She went from using a hairbrush as a microphone to traveling from town to town to play gigs. But Selena faced a challenge: People said that she would never make it in Tejano music, which was dominated by male performers. Selena was determined to prove them wrong."--provided by publisher
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Biography, Oppression & Resilience
Settings: Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico, Northern America, Texas, United States of America
Ethnicity: Mexican
Immigration: Immigrant/Migrant
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary