The late legendary Cuban singer Celia Cruz is has become the first Afro-Latina woman to appear on U.S. currency. The “Queen of Salsa” was one of five women selected to be the “face” of a ...

In 2024, the late Celia Cruz will be the first Afro Latina face on a U.S. quarter, part of the American Women Quarters series that also honors suffragettes, civil rights defenders, abolitionists ...

Twenty years after her death, salsa queen Celia Cruz has made history and will become the first Afro Latina to grace the U.S. quarter. The prolific Cuban American singer, whose career spanned ...

The Queen of Salsa will soon be honored with a quarter of her own. Cuban American icon Celia Cruz is appearing on new coins for 2024, the U.S. Mint announced last week. The singer will be the ...

Celia Cruz delivered many salsa hits in more than 70 albums of a career that started in Cuba and reached its peak in the United States. She died in 2003.Credit...Martial Trezzini/KEYSTONE ...

If you’ve never heard of Celia Cruz - you’re missing out on the sound and feel of unbridled joy. The coin designer and sculptor, Phebe Hemphill, incorporated her signature catchphrase ...

Celia Cruz to be the first Afro-Latina featured on a U.S. quarter in 2025. Cruz's estate will collaborate with Leon Medical Centers for exclusive coin distribution. The U.S. Mint honors Cruz's ...

By Leila Cobo Chief Content Officer Latin/Español, Billboard Born one hundred years ago in Havana, Cuba, on October 21, 1925, Celia Cruz sang almost before she could talk. The oldest of four ...

But retailers like Amazon and Walmart have the Celia Cruz doll back in stock right now, timed to Hispanic Heritage Month. Part of Barbie’s “Inspiring Women” series, the Celia Cruz doll ...

Ms. Cruz, a Cuban American singer known as the Queen of Salsa, was described by the U.S. Mint as “one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century.” By Isabella Simonetti Celia Cruz ...