Selena

She is a singer also a fashion designer and a music innovator. Her dual character as a Mexican American star was both traditional and contemporary. She helped bring Tejano to the mainstream with her innovative approach. It was an emerging star who's tragic death threw it into turmoil. As is the norm with a talented, charismatic young performer is lost too quickly, many mourned the potential that she could not yet reach. Through the years, her the fans became inspired to work even harder to ensure that Selena's achievements would not be forgotten. Her tragic murder by a gunman triggered emotions in Latino communities that is comparable with the reaction to Elvis Presley's death and John Lennon's. Selena's music, an artist who was hugely popular throughout Latino Communities across North America touched people young as well as old. An edgy, sexy stage actress often referred to as the Latina Madonna Selena was nonetheless seen as a role model on stage she was a family-oriented actively involved in anti-drug campaigning as well as AIDS awareness programmes.