Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a pioneering entertainer. Born on April 16, 1971, into a family of musicians, Selena started working as a young girl within the Tejano music scene and eventually moved into several genres of Spanish-language music before crossing over into mainstream English-language music in the United States. Selena's life was cut short when she was killed in 1995 at the age 23, but the legacy of her musical career is still felt across the U.S. today. A collaboration between our mu