HispanicNotesICS18GAR

__**My Notes:**__
 * 1) notes organized by each source
 * 2) URL of each source with the notes from that source
 * 3) annotation of each source

__**Notes:List of Hispanic Heros**__
 * Celia Cruz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz She was born October 21, 1925 in a poor hard-working neighborhood in Santos Suarez in Havana, Cuba. Her parents were Simon Cruz and Catalina Alfonso. Her dad was a railroad stroker and her mom was a homeworker who took care of an extended family of 14.As a teenager her aunt took Cruz and her cousin to cabarets to sing. She later began singing in Havana's radio station Radio Garcia Serra. Her first recordings were made in 1948 in Venezuela. After Fidel Castro gained control of Cuba in 1959, Cruz and her husband Pedro Knight were prohibited from going back to Cuba, so they became citizens. When Cruz's mom died she was unable to go to Cuba for her funeral, Cruz was heart broken. Most of Cruz's music was never played in Cuba. On July 16, 2003, Cruz died of brain cancer at her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey, at the age of 77. Her husband, Pedro Knight died February 3, 2007, was there for her while she was going through cancer treatments.

http://muse.jhu.edu/article/217076 When Cruz arrived to New York in 1962, she experienced audiences that dismissed her as pointless to the current music and cultural preferences they were used to.

http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=Cruz_ansonia_jhs_05_ul Cruz overcame a lot of obstacles. In Cuba, she was known for her own unique type of music but she did not get what she needed.. Cruz was betrayed by her country, and she became very sick.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Celia_Cruz.aspx As a young girl, she loved music. She had chores like putting the children who lived in her home to sleep with lullabies; but the songs she sang not only kept the children awake, they lured neighbors to the house.

__**Overcoming Different Obstacles:**__ language, raising and helping there children succeed in school, securing work, securing housing, and accessing services