Her dad, Simon Cruz, worked as a railroad stoker and her mother, Catalina Alfonso, took care of her entire familyshe graduated from the National Conservatory of Music she grew up in Santos Suárez and was born on October 21 1925 and died at 77 when she passed
we can learn that Celia Cruz is that she showed that even when people hate you for your culture, race, heritage we can still be what ever we want to be in life and my impression of this person is that they are very courageous hardworking and determined person
Celia Cruz was a icon in salsa who's presence voice and fashion brought more spotlight to black Caribbean expression which impacted the culture in a major way even tho she brought much good to our world she faced a lot of racism as a Afro Cuban woman she faced the racism she got by popularizing salsa music until it got into the main stream