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Oct 2020
4m 22s

Anything for Selena: A Podcast About Bel...

WBUR & Futuro Studios
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Maria Garcia was nine years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. 25 years later, Maria is on a quest to understand what it means to love, mourn and celebrate Selena. In this intimate, sometimes wrenching, cathartic journey, Maria explores what Selena’s legacy shows us about belonging in America — and Maria’s own place in the wo ... Show More
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<p>Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as Mexican and American. But then, something changed her life.</p> <p>She discovered Selena Quintanilla—the Mexican-American pop icon who proved she didn’t have to choose.</p> <p>In the ... Show More
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