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Spanish Essay Many Hispanics go through many obstacles to get to where they are today. Hispanics celebrities that we admire today also have gone through many situations during their early life to get to where they are now. Not all famous celebrities go through tough situations. A girl named Analda Muy, writes about how she had a difficult life to get where she is now. Also, two very important and talented women, Selena Quintanilla-Perez and Celia Cruz, struggled in their early life to be one of the greatest inspiration and admiration for their fans today.

Analda Muy is a girl who was affected by the stereotypes because of her race. She wrote a blog post about overcoming the Hispanic stereotype. Many people go through this a lot today, even people who aren't Hispanic. Throughout her life, people would point out many flaws she had because of her race. She states that since she's Hispanic, many people think that she must be an illegal immigrant from Cuba or Mexico. When there's a topic about poverty, crime, or teen pregnancies, other people would always relate it to Hispanics. This is some of the things she has been asked while growing up. To some people it doesn't affect to talk about these type of topics, but some people get very offended by it. Because she is Hispanic, most people think she doesn't have high expectations. But, she proved them wrong. She didn't grow up in a broken home. Her parents wanted her to have a good education. She was an honors student in high school and graduated at the top of her classmates. She took AP courses, was president of the BETA club, and was a member of that National Honor Society club. She now attends a good university and takes all honors program. "If I have overcome anything in life brought by my culture, it would be the stereotypes waiting for me to prove I am a failure." This quote comes from Analda Muy. I find this quote very powerful because while she's out there proving all the stereotypes wrong about how they think about Hispanics, they are all wasting there time to see people fail. (Thought Catalog).

Another person who has overcame challenges is Selena Quintanilla-Perez. She was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, actress, and fashion designer. She is from Lake Jackson, Texas. She became one of the most famous Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. She was born on April 16, 1971 and died on March 31, 1995. While growing up, she was raised as a Jehovah Witness. When she was in eighth grade, her dad took her out of school because her music started to interfere with her education and she getting a lot of recognition. She never really had a social life with friends or went to prom, parties, or anything because of her music career. This is one of the struggles she went through while growing up. She took private classes and earned her high school diploma at seventeen from the American School of Correspondence in Chicago. (Wikipedia) Other struggles she went through was becoming one of the most successful people in the Tejano music. In the Tejano music, it is mostly men who are in it. For women back then, it was hard to be in it because people thought that women couldn't do anything or be successful in something and mostly men would always gain recognition. But Selena made a difference. She became one of those most famous women to be in the Tejano industry because of her popularity and her music. Her story is very persistent struggle to break through as a women. Because she was so talented, she gained enough success to be in the Tejano industry. (Obstacles).

Celia Cruz is also another person who overcame challenges in her life. She was a famous Cuban singer. She was born on October 21, 1925. In Cuba, she was known for her own type of unique music. Later in the 1990's, her mom died and she wanted to go back to Cuba for her funeral, but she was denied because she left Cuba to live in the United States. She was heart broken that the government of her native country betrayed her and did not let her go back to Cuba. That was just the beginning of all the struggles that she had to go through. In early 2003, Celia Cruz was very ill. She was also struggling in keeping up with all the new artists and she was not exactly as young as she acted. Celia had a terrible arthritic knee problem and immediately had to be operated on. But the Guarachera of Churro wanted her to continue as much as she could and was ready to go back to work. She continued for a little while, struggling for her career and always smiling.(The My Hero Project).

As you can see, all these people are great influences to our world. Unfortunately, Celia and Selena passed away years ago. We still honor them and hear their music today. Analda Muy, Selena, and Celia are great inspirations to people who are going through many struggles right now. They all have inspiring stories about them.


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Muy, Analda. "Overcoming The Hispanic; Stereotype." Weblog post. //Thought Catalog//. N.p., 07 June 2012. Web. 22 Apr. 2016. <[].>.


 * This source is reliable because there her own personal experiences.

"Obstacles That Selena Overcame." //Obstacles That Selena Overcame//. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2016. <[|http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_projects05/sa/page9.htm]>.


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"Selena." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2016. <[]>.


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"The My Hero Project - Celia Cruz." //Myhero.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2016. <[]>.


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