The Story Of Patty Rodriguez

My name is Selena Sanchez and I recently graduated high school. I am grateful for institutions like PCC who provide affordable education for students, like me, who might not have otherwise continued their education due to their financial status. I am a first generation college student and I look forward to working with you all.

could you Imagine what it would be like to grow up as a performer in a world that didn’t even except female Tejano singers? Can you imagine how much courage and work it would take to make it to the top? That’s was Selena Quintanilla Perez had to go through. Selena was born in Lake Jackson, Texas on April 6th, 1971 to Abraham and Marcella Quintanilla. Abraham was a shipping clerk for a chemical company and Marcella was a housewife. Abraham being a well respected Mexican musician, who only sang English songs, and had his career ruined because of that. American people didn’t respect him because he was Mexican, and the Mexican people did not respect them because they sang English songs. By the time Selena reached age 10, it became very

On April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas, a little girl named Selena Quintanilla – Perez was born. She was born to Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Marcella Quintanilla. Selena Quintanilla- Perez has 2 siblings named Abraham Quintanilla 3rd and Suzette Quintanilla. Mrs. Quintanilla- Perez was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, actress, and a fashion designer. She was also known as the Queen of Tejano music and to the media outlets they called her “Tejano Madonna” for her clothing choices. Selena Quintanilla- Perez was raised as a Jehovah’s witness. When Selena Quintanilla was 6 years old her father discovered her talent at sing. Her father told the People Magazine that her timing, her pitch was perfect, I could see it from day one. Mr. Quintanilla Jr. opened up a restaurant where the kids performed a lot. Her family moved to Corpus Christi, Texas and that’s when Quintanilla Jr. became the manager to Selena y Los Dinos and began to

As well as being a singer, Selena Quintanilla also made her own fashion line and became a designer in 1993. Coca-Cola saw something in her and reached out asking for her to become a spokesperson for them in 1994. She even managed to snag a role in the movie Don Juan Demarco in 1995. Since Selena Quintanilla had to drop-out of school, she found it extremely important to stay in school. She went to tons of schools to inform them how important it is to stay in school. So to influence kids in a positive way she made educational videos titled My Music, and Selena Agrees. Selena Quintanilla also showed her support for CHC, homeless people, people in abusive relationships, and victims of Hurricane Andrew. She even helped raise funds for D.A.R.E, DEP corporation, and Teach the Children, by performing fund raising concerts. Overall, she was known as an amazing singer and an even better person.

Myranda Aguilar has been working in health care for 15 years and for the past two years she’s been working as a privacy analyst for Sutter Health located in Sacramento California. As a privacy analyst her duties are protection of patients’ privacy, compliance, and information security. Her responsibilities are to monitor and investigate any suspicious activity by taking a proactive standpoint against hackers, educate hospital staff on how to protect patients’ privacy, and ensure patients safety during their stay in the hospital. She works with elected board members of the health committee program she works for. One of the projects that she is currently working on is privacy auditing and monitoring where she tracks patients records to determine

maria sanchez was only six people tried to hit her with sticks hateful words at her were thrown hate to all with her skin tone she went to school on her own the kids all left she was alone she wants to learn everything in life but she goes to school with strife maria was brave and learned at school with one teacher who was cool her teacher smiles but maria sees her fear and uncertainty maria does her best to stand tall and not let her fear make her fall ignoring hate coming from the crowd maria makes her country

Selena Quintanilla was a Mexican-American singer that dramatically impacted the world of Tejano music. “Selena transformed Tejano music from a local genre performed on a circuit of small venues into an international form that expressed the aspirations of many in the latino community,” affirms The Nineties in America. She was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas and died on March 31, 1995 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture states that, “she [Selena] was widely popular with Latino audiences, especially young women, who looked to her as a role model.” Although, Selena had a short life that did not prevent her from becoming a legend.

A hero is a person who is admired for their outstanding achievements, which mine is Selena Quintanilla. Selena had many qualities that show she was an epic hero, such as all the accomplishments she was able to do. Selena Quintanilla embodies the characteristics of an epic hero because she is capable of deeds of great strength and courage because she is a great warrior and because she demonstrates humility.

Selena’s hard work, perseverance, and determination are qualities which further exemplify why she was able to reach success at a young age. She was willing to follow her heart and her dreams, even though she was uncertain of the road ahead of her. Selena has won the highest number of Tejano Music Awards as a female artist and also winning a Grammy Award for the best Mexican/ American album, Selena Live! Despite reaching fame, Selena remained humble and continued to work even harder in order to show her gratitude towards her

Ramiro and Rosalba Alvarez are my hardworking parents who came to the United States for me and my siblings to excel. My mother grew up an orphanage and still managed to succeed and years later become a teacher in Mexico. When she followed my father to the United States her degree was worthless. Both my parents work labor intensive jobs. Being a family of six with two children at Universities is probably the most finically broken we have ever been. To make everything worse my father was just diagnosis with prostate cancer a couple weeks ago. The doctor insist that my father goes into surgery now, but because of work he is in denial. My father works outside so he wants to wait until winter comes when he is not working to get his surgery. This

In the short story Mrs. Perez the author Oscar Casares uses flashbacks to tell the story of Mrs. Perez. The story is about how some young man stole her cherry red bowling ball from her house. She tells many flashbacks in this story. One flashback is when her children grow up and she becomes a nurse. Another story is about her husband’s death and how she becomes a bowler. Finally the last flashback is when she and her husband go on their honeymoon. All these events help explain the story.

In this story, the author Patricia Polacco highlights the positive memories instead of the negative memories in their life. This is a tribute about two loving parents who are lesbians. It is written in first person past tense. The illustration are drawn with pens and markers which gives a bright picture. This makes it reachable to any age group their love towards each other makes each memory even more memorable. This neighborhood is very diverse with people of many backgrounds culturally. The narrator remembers how all of the neighbors shared their food. Words were never measure at our table, everyone talked about everything. The two women are in a relationship although their sexual orientation never discussed directly. The parents

Jennys Nunez moved to the United States from Colombia. After high school she joined the Armed forces specializing in logistics and served in two branches, the Army National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve. She also served oversees during Operation Iraqi Freedom and awarded the Global War Medal in 2003. In 2009, she proceeded to work at the Miami VA Healthcare System in the medical administration office. Her service continuity, passion to help others, and the will and desire to learn allowed her to welcome new challenges to understand the complexities in the workplace. With encouragement from family, she went back to school to study Business Administration at Nova Southeastern University. Together, with her military background and education,

so I guess for starters, i'll proceed to give you my full name, which is Yliana Marie Maldonado. I have two littles that call me "mama" and a Fiance who calls me babe, and other names that I won't discuss. Cause embarassing. Anyways, I was born March 28, 1994 in Houston Tx, don't ask what county cause I have no idea. My mother raised me along with my awesome step father. My biological father passed when I was about 13 (I have a very bad memory after having my kids so you'll have to excuse me, they sucked everything I had out of me). I guess you could say I am pretty young, at the age of 22 to have 2 children but this isn't something I would call a mistake. I love my children, My first, Jonah (5 years old) was a surprise... duh! But my second,

Establish a space to provide musical educational programs, sound proof rooms, recording studios and a private stage to promote their talent. Organize music festivals and theater appearances around the city, as a performing experience and has an educational, social and recreational alternative, and also to create awareness to the cause. Donate instruments and award college scholarships. The founding team is comprise by Antonio Gonzalez, US Army veteran, Pace University senior and will finish his BBA in Entrepreneurship this summer 2014 and with international marketing and management experience, and Yelitza Montilla BBA in Marketing and Administration and with more than 10 years of experience.