Selena’s ability and willingness to take fashion matters into her own hands demonstrates the reverberating power of her unapologetic self-expression. It turned her into the quintessential influencer for our community—long before the term itself would ever be coined, and for long after her tragic death.

Andrew Longoria from Corpus Christi holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of Selena memorabilia, with 1,308 unique items.

Girls point to Selena Quintanilla-Perez as a symbol of empowerment who was authentically herself and embraced her culture and identity.